Photo © deVeres — view this lot on deVeres ↗Edith, Gypsy Girl (Sketch 'Bear Woman')
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SERGEANT MURPHY AND THINGS; MR STEPHEN SANFORD'S SERGEANT MURPHY WITH CAPTAIN 'TUPPY' BENNETT AND THE TRAINER GEORGE BLACKWELL
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931)
€175,000 hammer
≈ $212,240≈ £159,627
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 29½ x 40in. (74.93 x 101.60cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Exceptional Irish Art (853)
- Date
- December 7, 2020
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 44
- Estimate
- €250,000 – €350,000 (≈ $303,200 – $424,480) (≈ £228,039 – £319,254)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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