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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Art of Constant Rearrangement
• Sale Date:
  05 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  117
• Lot Description:
  George Gordon McCrae
  (1833 - 1927)
  Carrion Vulture (Vultur Bismarckii)
  ink and wash
  23.5 x 28.5cm
  signed “GG McCrae” at lower left and titled below the image
• Notes:
  McCrae, who was born in Scotland and died at Hawthorn in Melbourne, is from the family after whom McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula is named. He has here depicted the widely held view of Bismarck during and after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Bismarck is shown as a vulture picking over the bodies of France and Liberty.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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