Sale 5626
London, South Kensington
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3 November 2010
Price realised
GBP 5,000
Estimate
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) Spotted eagle signed 'A. Thorburn' (lower left) pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour 7 x 9½ in. (17.8 x 24.2 cm.)
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