Sale 6954
London
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18 November 2004
Price realised
GBP 2,868
Estimate
Alfred William Hunt, R.W.S. (1830-1896) The Parthenon, Athens signed and inscribed 'THE PARTHENON (unfinished) about 1860/by Alfred W. Hunt R.W.S. Cooper. Sparrows, Shelby/Suffolk' (on the artist's label attached to the backboard) pencil and watercolour 9½ x 14¾ in. (24.3 x 37.5 cm.)
Provenance
Venetia Benson neé Hunt, the daughter of the artist, and by descent in the family.
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