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The Proposal
Catalogued as “Manner of William Hamilton” — not included in the artist’s headline statistics.
William Hamilton (British, 1751–1801)
$1,200 hammer
≈ £752≈ €818
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “THE PROPOSAL, oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 in. x 25 in
- Auction house
- Sloans & Kenyon
- Sale
- September Estate Catalogue Auction (45)
- Date
- September 25, 2009
- Location
- Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
- Lot
- 1453
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $3,000 (≈ £1,253 – £1,879) (≈ €1,363 – €2,045)
- Source
- Auction house sloansandkenyon.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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