Sale 5746
London, South Kensington
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20 - 21 January 2009
Price realised
GBP 5,250
Estimate
AUGUSTIN AMANT CONSTANTIN EDOUARD (FRENCH, 1789-1861) A silhouette of three groups of figures in an interior - The Courting Couple; The Young Officers; and A Gentleman with his wife and son signed and dated 'Augn Edourd fecit 1835' (lower right) black paper and grey wash 15½ x 24¼ in. (39.4 x 61.5 cm.) Together with a silhouette, by another hand, of various figures in an interior, possibly depicting a family group at Christmas, inscribed indistinctly 'This likeness was ... December 1843' (on the reverse of the frame) -- 20½ x 30½ in. (52 x 77.5 cm.) (2)
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