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Lot 287 · Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu

Elizabeth, Viscount Powerscourt (d. 1884), standing beside an urn, lake and mountainous background beyond, facing right in red/orange dress with embroidered brown and beige coloured stole draped around her shoulders, holding a blue covered book in her right hand, her dark brown hair upswept and dressed in curls

Sir William Charles Ross

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,420–$2,130
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, London · 21 November 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6331097
Record
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Sir William Charles Ross, Elizabeth, Viscount Powerscourt (d. 1884), standing beside an urn, lake and mountainous background beyond, facing right in red/orange dress with embroidered brown and beige coloured stole draped around her shoulders, holding a blue covered book in her right hand, her dark brown hair upswept and dressed in curls. Christie's, 21 Nov 2000, lot 287. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6331097.

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Sir William Charles Ross, Elizabeth, Viscount Powerscourt (d. 1884), standing beside an urn, lake and mountainous background beyond, facing right in red/orange dress with embroidered brown and beige coloured stole draped around her shoulders, holding a blue covered book in her right hand, her dark brown hair upswept and dressed in curls. Christie's, 21 Nov 2000, lot 287. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6331097.

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From the same sale Important Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu · Nov 2000

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