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    17 December 1998

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    • After of George Elgar Hicks (1
    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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