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Lot 164 · British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings

Going to the rescue

Richard Henry Nibbs

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Estimate
£300–£500 hammer ≈ $481–$801
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 3 February 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6447612
Record
first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Richard Henry Nibbs, Going to the rescue. Christie's, 3 Feb 2000, lot 164. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6447612.

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From the same sale British and Continental Watercolours and Drawings · Feb 2000

LotArtistEstimateResult
The goat herder Walter Goodall, R.W.S. (1830-1889) £200–£400
The flight into Egypt English School £200–£300
Shepherd and sheep in a moorland landscape Claude Hayes £200–£400
Figures in a churchyard Edward Webb £25–£200
Arriving at a fortified town after sunset James Prinsep £800–£1,200
A Christmas market in a town square, Austria Karl Josef Richard Zajicek (b. 1879) £300–£500

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