Lot 44 · Prints and Multiples
Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim Tollere humo - He Steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,246–$1,870
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Prints and Multiples, London, Knightsbridge · 18 June 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-700924
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Gillray, Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim Tollere humo - He Steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air. Bonhams, 18 Jun 2020, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-700924.
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James Gillray, Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim Tollere humo - He Steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air. Bonhams, 18 Jun 2020, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-700924.
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