29th Apr, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)
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[M] A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH...
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAW WORK PICTURE
possibly depicting Portsmouth Prison Camp, with figures walking before an armoured walkway to a block house, a warship sailing beyond an obelisk, tinted in different coloured inks (now faded) -- 13¼ x 18½in. (33.5 x 47cm.) in (probably original) frame
possibly depicting Portsmouth Prison Camp, with figures walking before an armoured walkway to a block house, a warship sailing beyond an obelisk, tinted in different coloured inks (now faded) -- 13¼ x 18½in. (33.5 x 47cm.) in (probably original) frame
Sold for £434
Estimated at £700 - £900
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAW WORK PICTURE
possibly depicting Portsmouth Prison Camp, with figures walking before an armoured walkway to a block house, a warship sailing beyond an obelisk, tinted in different coloured inks (now faded) -- 13¼ x 18½in. (33.5 x 47cm.) in (probably original) frame
possibly depicting Portsmouth Prison Camp, with figures walking before an armoured walkway to a block house, a warship sailing beyond an obelisk, tinted in different coloured inks (now faded) -- 13¼ x 18½in. (33.5 x 47cm.) in (probably original) frame
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham), 29th Apr, 2009
