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Lot 170 · Victorian and British Impressionist Pictures including Drawings and Watercolours

Horses watering before a thatched cottage

Edward Robert Smythe · oil on canvas

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,641–$2,461
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Victorian and British Impressionist Pictures including Drawings and Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 22 July 2009
Dimensions
36 x 28 in. (91.5 x 71.1 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5295391
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Robert Smythe, Horses watering before a thatched cottage. Christie's, 22 Jul 2009, lot 170. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5295391.

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From the same sale Victorian and British Impressionist Pictures including Drawings and Watercolours · Jul 2009

LotArtistEstimateResult
Study of a Pug; and Study of a Scottish Terrier Edward Aistrop, 19th/20th Century £1,200–£1,800
Bridge, East Lothian William Stewart Macgeorge Rsa £4,000–£6,000
Ninon, ninon, que fait tu de la vie? - Alfred de Musset Herbert Gustave Schmalz £10,000–£15,000
A fair beauty Herbert Gustave Schmalz £15,000–£25,000
On the Amstel, Amsterdam John Ernest Aitken £500–£700
The hay gatherers George Arthur Fripp, R.w.s. £1,000–£1,500

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Edward Robert Smythe The catch $1,779 Bonhams, Mar 2021
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Edward Robert Smythe Cattle in a landscape Bonhams, Nov 2014
Edward Robert Smythe A day's fishing Christie's, May 2007

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