Boys playing at peg-top in the cloisters at Westminster School — Richard Morton Paye (fl.1773-1821)

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Estimate: £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,881–$10,321
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Sale: Christie's — BRITISH PICTURES 1500-1850, London · 23 November 2005
Dimensions: 28¼ x 36 in. (71.8 x 91.5 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5746514
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Morton Paye, Boys playing at peg-top in the cloisters at Westminster School. Christie's, 23 Nov 2005, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5746514.

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Richard Morton Paye, Boys playing at peg-top in the cloisters at Westminster School. Christie's, 23 Nov 2005, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5746514.

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From the same sale British Pictures 1500-1850 · Nov 2005

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Group portrait of a naval officer and two ladies, small full-length, …	Circle Of Arthur Devis	£4,000–£6,000
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Portrait of William Northey, LL.D., F.R.S., M.P. (1722-1770), bust-le…	Thomas Gainsborough	£20,000–£30,000
Portrait of Admiral Samuel Pitchford Cornish (1739-1816), half-length…	Tilly Kettle	£8,000–£12,000
A view on the River Skell at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, with figures f…	Balthazar Nebot	£15,000–£25,000
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