Sale 5682
London, South Kensington
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29 September 2010
Price realised
GBP 5,625
Estimate
James Richard Marquis, R.H.A. (fl.1853-1885) Summer on the Liffey, County Dublin signed and dated 'MARQUIS. RHA/1868' (lower centre) and inscribed 'Summer/on the Liffey, co Dublin/J Rich Marquis HRA/Park House/Balbagh/Dublin' (on the artist's label, attached to the reverse) oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Provenance
with Pyms Gallery, London.
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