Lot 450 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Figures resting in the Turkish cemetary, Ayoub, the city of Constantinople and the Bosphorus beyond
Edmond Thomas Parris · pencil and watercolour with bodycolour with gum arabic, and with scratching out
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- Estimate
- £1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,359–$3,145
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 8 December 2011
- Dimensions
- 7¾ x 11½ in. (19.7 x 29.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640436
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edmond Thomas Parris, Figures resting in the Turkish cemetary, Ayoub, the city of Constantinople and the Bosphorus beyond. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 450. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640436.
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Edmond Thomas Parris, Figures resting in the Turkish cemetary, Ayoub, the city of Constantinople and the Bosphorus beyond. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 450. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640436.
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|---|---|---|---|
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