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Lot 38 · Saint-Calais, un Manoir Enchanté par Hubert Le Gall

Portrait of Thomas Shairp, 5th Lord of Houston (d. 1772)

Allan Ramsay

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Estimate
€10,000–€15,000 hammer ≈ $11,746–$17,619
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Saint-Calais, un Manoir Enchanté par Hubert Le Gall, Paris · 1 April 2021
Record ID
TB-2026-4913935
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Allan Ramsay, Portrait of Thomas Shairp, 5th Lord of Houston (d. 1772). Sotheby's, 1 Apr 2021, lot 38. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4913935.

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