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Lot 100 · 19th Century European Art

Washington Family

Thomas Sully · oil on canvas

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Estimate
$60,000–$80,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — 19th Century European Art , London (South Kensington) · 29 November 2001
Dimensions
21½ x 29¼ in. (54.7 x 74.3 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5913437
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Sully, Washington Family. Christie's, 29 Nov 2001, lot 100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5913437.

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From the same sale 19th Century European Art · Nov 2001

LotArtistEstimateResult
Figures bustling on the quay, Naples Bilotta, (Italian, 19th/20th Century) £1,000–£1,500
Before and After the Election, A Pair George Washington Allston Jenkins (1816-1907) $15,000–$25,000
The Fifteenth Amendment (or Civil Rights) George Bacon Wood (1831-1910) $10,000–$15,000
A study of classical figures Ferdinand-Victor Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Barges moored at a bridge in Paris Jules-achille Noël £4,000–£6,000
A country gentleman Aimé-jules Dalou Paris £1,200–£1,500

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