Sale 5229
London, South Kensington
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4 July 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,160
Estimate
Circle of Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701-1779 Twickenham) Portrait of a lady, half-length, in an oyster satin dress with lace trim, pearls in her hair oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.3 x 63.5 cm.) in an 18th Century carved and gilded frame
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