Waves breaking on a sunlit coast — Lionel Bicknell Constable (1828-1884)

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Estimate: £2,000–£2,500 hammer ≈ $2,928–$3,660
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Sale: Christie's — BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PICTURES, London (South Kensington) · 8 November 2001
Record ID: TB-2026-6204624
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Lionel Bicknell Constable, Waves breaking on a sunlit coast. Christie's, 8 Nov 2001, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6204624.

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Lionel Bicknell Constable, Waves breaking on a sunlit coast. Christie's, 8 Nov 2001, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6204624.

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