Portrait of Lillie Langtry, half-length, in a purple dress with poppies at her corsage — Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1857-1935)

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Estimate: £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,841–$2,761
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Sale: Christie's — PORTRAITS, BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, London (South Kensington) · 11 November 2004
Dimensions: 36 x 27½ in. (91.4 x 69.8 cm.)
Record ID: TB-2026-5872609
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Herbert Gustave Schmalz, Portrait of Lillie Langtry, half-length, in a purple dress with poppies at her corsage. Christie's, 11 Nov 2004, lot 313. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5872609.

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Herbert Gustave Schmalz, Portrait of Lillie Langtry, half-length, in a purple dress with poppies at her corsage. Christie's, 11 Nov 2004, lot 313. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5872609.

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