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Lot 249 · British and Victorian Pictures

Rent Day

After Sir David Wilkie, Ra

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Estimate
£1,500–£2,000 hammer ≈ $2,525–$3,367
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PICTURES, London (South Kensington) · 13 November 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-5982578
Record
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After Sir David Wilkie, Ra, Rent Day. Christie's, 13 Nov 2003, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5982578.

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After Sir David Wilkie, Ra, Rent Day. Christie's, 13 Nov 2003, lot 249. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5982578.

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From the same sale British and Victorian Pictures · Nov 2003

LotArtistEstimateResult
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a blue coat and embroidered … Circle Of John Closterman £1,000–£1,500
Figures in the grounds of Hestercombe, Somerset Edmund Garvey £5,000–£8,000
Figures conversing in a lake landscape Circle Of Julius Caesar Ibbetson £3,000–£5,000
King Richard III's body being returned to Leicester Charles James Adams £400–£600
A Kentish farm Will Anderson (fl.1880-1895) £800–£1,200
Portrait of a clergyman, bust-length, in robes, feigned oval Follower Of Mary Beale £500–£800

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