Sale 8629
London, South Kensington
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17 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,725
Estimate
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) Sir Henry Arthur Jones, England's scourge signed 'Max' (lower right) and inscribed as title (lower left) pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour 11 x 6in. (28.6 x 16.5cm.)
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