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    Sale 5971

    An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart

    London, South Kensington

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    8 July 2009

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    Lot 293

    TWO EGLINGTON TOURNAMENT FIGURAL DUMMY BOARDS

    CIRCA 1840-1850

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    GBP 2,000

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    TWO EGLINGTON TOURNAMENT FIGURAL DUMMY BOARDS
    CIRCA 1840-1850
    Oil on canvas applied to board, depicting Sir Lancelot and Guinevere
    43 in. (109 cm.) high (2)

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    The Eglinton Tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and revel held in Scotland on Friday 30 August 1839. It was funded and organized by Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, and took place at Eglinton Castle, near Kilwinning in Scotland.

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