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    24 February 2009

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    • A VICTORIAN STATUARY WHITE MAR
    Lot 552

    A VICTORIAN STATUARY WHITE MARBLE BUST OF SIR JOHN EVELYN KNIGHT

    BY J.DURHAM A.R.A., DATED 1877

    Price realised

    GBP 2,000

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000

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    A VICTORIAN STATUARY WHITE MARBLE BUST OF SIR JOHN EVELYN KNIGHT
    BY J.DURHAM A.R.A., DATED 1877
    Inscribed to the reverse 'SIR JOHN EVELYN KNIGHT/DIED 26TH JUNE 1685/FROM THE TOMB WEST DEAN/WILTS/COPIED FOR/WILLIAM JOHN EVELYN/OF WOTTON SURREY, ESQ./BY J.DURHAM A.R.A./APRILL 1877'
    28 in. (71.2 cm.) high
    Together with a later associated stained and painted wood pedestal -- 42 in. (106.6 cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    Joseph Durham, 1814-1877.

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