Lot 149 · Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
portrait of benjamin franklin (1706-1790), 1786
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,347–$2,020
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, London · 4 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4882643
- Record
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Lorenz Lars Svensson Sparrgren, portrait of benjamin franklin (1706-1790), 1786. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2020, lot 149. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4882643.
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Lorenz Lars Svensson Sparrgren, portrait of benjamin franklin (1706-1790), 1786. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2020, lot 149. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4882643.
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