Sale 5428
London, South Kensington
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23 April 2008
Price realised
GBP 1,375
Estimate
English School, 19th Century View of the island of Prinkipo, Constantinople inscribed 'Prinkipo, sunset' 'Wbker's house'(?), on the reverse pencil and watercolour on paper 8¼ x 11in. (21 x 28cm.)
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In 1929 Leon Trotsky spent the first 4 years of his second term in exile in Prinkipo.
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