After of George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914) , Portrait of Adelaide Maria, Countess of Iveagh, reclining on an sofa in a palm-house | Christie's

Sale 6074

Old Master Drawings

London

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17 December 1998

Browse Sale

Lot 328

After of George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914)

Portrait of Adelaide Maria, Countess of Iveagh, reclining on an sofa in a palm-house

Price realised

GBP 460

Estimate

GBP 500 - GBP 800

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After of George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914)
Portrait of Adelaide Maria, Countess of Iveagh, reclining on an sofa in a palm-house
with inscription 'GE Hicks 1867 Iveagh's Countess of Adelaide Maria'
pencil, watercolour, bodycolour
323 x 256 mm.; and a view of the cathedral of Dieppe attributed to Burgess, and two drawings attributed to Hayter and Varley (4)
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Lot Essay

A picture by Hicks depicting the same subject and dated 1885 was exhibited in the Geffrye Museum, Rosamund Allwood, George Elgar Hicks, London, 1982, p. 63, illustrated.
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