The Loose Box was opened, out came the hounds with a cry
Etching
Helmuth Stone Gallery · Sep 28, 2025Unsold / did not meet reserveImage courtesy Whyte's
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THE SENTRY'S CHILD
John Leech (British, 1817–1864)
€150 hammer
≈ $225≈ £137
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pencil”
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 18 by 10cm., 7 by 4in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish Art (734)
- Date
- November 30, 2009
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 245
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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