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The Panache of English Drawings: A World Record for Cosway

Result EUR416,000
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 16 December 2019 - 13:30 (CET) - Salle 10 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Six old drawings, including two English ones, from the collection of a French professor of surgery swept away their estimates.

Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Portrait of the Prince of Wales, future George IV, watercolour,... The Panache of English Drawings: A World Record for Cosway

Richard Cosway (1742-1821), Portrait of the Prince of Wales, future George IV, watercolour, black pencil and Arabic gum, 22.8 x 14 cm
Result: €416,000

Marie Théodore Tuffier (1857-1929) is world famous in medical circles for his outstanding contributions to modern surgery, but less known by lovers of old drawings. However, this may just change, thanks to the 17th and 18th-century works dispersed by his heirs, which achieved…
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Salle 10 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
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