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Lot 719 · On the Shoulders of Giants: Making the Modern World

A Gentleman reading in an interior

James Digman Wingfield · oil on panel

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Estimate
$2,000–$3,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — On the Shoulders of Giants: Making the Modern World, London · 11 January 2006
Dimensions
15½ x 11½ in. (39.3 x 29.2 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5727559
Record
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James Digman Wingfield, A Gentleman reading in an interior. Christie's, 11 Jan 2006, lot 719. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5727559.

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James Digman Wingfield, A Gentleman reading in an interior. Christie's, 11 Jan 2006, lot 719. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5727559.

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