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April 7, 2017 10:00 AMCalender
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British School, 19th Century Sir Andrew Scott Waugh

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$861$700
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3000BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 07, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

British School, 19th Century

Sir Andrew Scott Waugh
Unsigned, sitter identified on a presentation plaque and in a modern inscription on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.0 x 63.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, flaking, paint losses, surface grime.

N.B. Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (1810-1878) was a British army officer and surveyor now remembered as the man who named the highest mountain in the world after Sir George Everest, his predecessor in the post of Surveyor-General of India.
Estimate $700-900


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