Lot 13 · Important British & Irish Art
'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye' G.F. Bodley
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- Estimate
- £500,000–£700,000 hammer ≈ $848,737–$1,188,232
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Important British & Irish Art , London · 26 November 2003
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5975579
- Record
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John Melhuish Strudwick, 'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye' G.F. Bodley. Christie's, 26 Nov 2003, lot 13. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5975579.
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John Melhuish Strudwick, 'Thy Music, faintly falling, dies away, Thy dear eyes dream that Love will live for aye' G.F. Bodley. Christie's, 26 Nov 2003, lot 13. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5975579.
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