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Lot 491 · Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler

A Three-master and other Shipping lying at Anchor, Sunset

James Francis Danby

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,522–$9,784
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints, including Property from the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, London · 14 May 1998
Record ID
TB-2026-6684363
Record
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James Francis Danby, A Three-master and other Shipping lying at Anchor, Sunset. Christie's, 14 May 1998, lot 491. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6684363.

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