Lot 431 · Photographies
'His valet was a hero to Napoleon'
Ronald William Fordham Searle · pen and brown ink and brown wash, on paper
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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $625–$938
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographies , Paris · 6 December 2011
- Dimensions
- 14 x 8½ in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4641351
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ronald William Fordham Searle, 'His valet was a hero to Napoleon'. Christie's, 6 Dec 2011, lot 431. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4641351.
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Ronald William Fordham Searle, 'His valet was a hero to Napoleon'. Christie's, 6 Dec 2011, lot 431. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4641351.
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