Lot 69 · Old Master Paintings Day Auction
Portrait of William Chambers (1724?–1777), Rector of Achurch, seated at a table writing a letter, a landscape with a pyramid in the background
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,049–$15,073
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Auction, London · 7 December 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5178488
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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R.a. Angelica Kauffman, Portrait of William Chambers (1724?–1777), Rector of Achurch, seated at a table writing a letter, a landscape with a pyramid in the background. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5178488.
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R.a. Angelica Kauffman, Portrait of William Chambers (1724?–1777), Rector of Achurch, seated at a table writing a letter, a landscape with a pyramid in the background. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5178488.
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