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Lot 53 · Victorian Pictures

The Passing of Arthur

Sydney Harold Meteyard

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Estimate
£2,500–£3,500 hammer ≈ $4,019–$5,627
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Victorian Pictures, London · 3 June 1999
Record ID
TB-2026-6543552
Record
first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sydney Harold Meteyard, The Passing of Arthur. Christie's, 3 Jun 1999, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6543552.

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From the same sale Victorian Pictures · Jun 1999

LotArtistEstimateResult
Study of a young girl wearing a bonnet and reading from a book Kate Greenaway £1,200–£1,800
Lunchtime Frederick Smallfield, A.R.W.S. (1829-1925) £5,000–£7,000
Melrose Abbey from the banks of the Tweed Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. £3,000–£5,000
St Mark's, Venice, from the lagoon Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. £3,000–£5,000
Val di Cogne, Switzerland John Edward Brett, A.R.A. (1830-1902) £3,000–£5,000
Loading the hay barges, with a young woman taking water from the rive… Myles Birket Foster R.w.s. £4,000–£6,000

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