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Lot 349 · Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu

A young dignitary, in black coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the breast-star and red sash of the Royal Wurttembergian Order of the Golden Eagle and the jewel and the breast-star of a Grand Commander of the Order of the Royal Crown of Westphalia

Louis François Aubry

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Estimate
£3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $5,845–$9,742
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu , London · 7 December 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-5859469
Record
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Louis François Aubry, A young dignitary, in black coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the breast-star and red sash of the Royal Wurttembergian Order of the Golden Eagle and the jewel and the breast-star of a Grand Commander of the Order of the Royal Crown of Westphalia. Christie's, 7 Dec 2004, lot 349. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5859469.

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Louis François Aubry, A young dignitary, in black coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the breast-star and red sash of the Royal Wurttembergian Order of the Golden Eagle and the jewel and the breast-star of a Grand Commander of the Order of the Royal Crown of Westphalia. Christie's, 7 Dec 2004, lot 349. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5859469.

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From the same sale Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu · Dec 2004

LotArtistEstimateResult
Mrs Arabella Walker-Heneage, née Cope (d. c. 1818), in cream dress wi… Luke O'sullivan £1,000–£1,500
An officer, in red coat, blue collar with gold stripes, gold epaulett… John Wright £1,500–£2,500
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