Lot 1472 · British and Continental Watercolours
Sheep resting in the sunshine
Charles James Adams · pencil and watercolour
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- Estimate
- £1,200–£1,800 hammer ≈ $2,095–$3,142
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — British and Continental Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 22 March 2006
- Dimensions
- 15 x 21½ in. (38 x 54.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5706519
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Charles James Adams, Sheep resting in the sunshine. Christie's, 22 Mar 2006, lot 1472. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5706519.
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Charles James Adams, Sheep resting in the sunshine. Christie's, 22 Mar 2006, lot 1472. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5706519.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The peaks of Skye | P. Macgregor Wilson (Scottish, d.1928) | £200–£300 | |
| On the Neapolitan coast | M. Gianni, 20th Century | £500–£700 | |
| The Children of Israel passing over Jordan into the Promised Land | Heaton, Butler and Bayne, 19th/20th Century | £200–£400 | |
| Lake views | Franz Graessel (c.1785) | £400–£600 | |
| Lost in thought | George Whyatt, 19th Century | £300–£400 | |
| A white-backed night heron | Robert Gillmor (b.1936) | £400–£600 |
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