SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
03.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1513652
Lot 173 | SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
Estimate value
2000GBP £ 2 000 – 3 000
Three Studies of Hands for 'Reading the Will', one holding an ear trumpet
with inscription 'Bought at the Sale of Sir David Wilkie's Works / at Christie's Rooms April 26th 1842' (verso)
pencil and white chalk on buff oatmeal paper
9 1/8 x 12 ¾ in. (23.1 x 32.6 cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio sale (†); Christie's, London, 26 April 1842, lot 177 (as Reading the Will, three hands).
| Artist: | David Wilkie (1785 - 1841) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | David Wilkie (1785 - 1841) |
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| Applied technique: | Chalk |
| Medium: | Stone |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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