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Lot 79 · British Pictures 1500-1850

The aftermath of the Great Gale - a frigate in distress in Plymouth Sound with two wrecks off Drake's Island

Thomas Lyde Hornbrook

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,780–$10,170
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British Pictures 1500-1850 , London · 25 November 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-5976534
Record
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Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, The aftermath of the Great Gale - a frigate in distress in Plymouth Sound with two wrecks off Drake's Island. Christie's, 25 Nov 2003, lot 79. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5976534.

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Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, The aftermath of the Great Gale - a frigate in distress in Plymouth Sound with two wrecks off Drake's Island. Christie's, 25 Nov 2003, lot 79. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5976534.

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