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Lot 5 · British Pictures 1500-1850

Portrait of Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby, later 1st Duke of Leeds, Lord High Treasurer of England, in Peer's robes, holding the High Treasurer's wand of office in his right hand, his coronet on a draped table to his right, beside a column, in an interior

Sir Peter Lely And Studio

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Estimate
£15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $20,225–$26,967
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British Pictures 1500-1850 , London · 1 December 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6321746
Record
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Sir Peter Lely And Studio, Portrait of Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby, later 1st Duke of Leeds, Lord High Treasurer of England, in Peer's robes, holding the High Treasurer's wand of office in his right hand, his coronet on a draped table to his right, beside a column, in an interior. Christie's, 1 Dec 2000, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6321746.

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Sir Peter Lely And Studio, Portrait of Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby, later 1st Duke of Leeds, Lord High Treasurer of England, in Peer's robes, holding the High Treasurer's wand of office in his right hand, his coronet on a draped table to his right, beside a column, in an interior. Christie's, 1 Dec 2000, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6321746.

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