Unknown portrait is top lot at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction

A portrait of a beautiful but mysterious 19th century lady led a sale at Exeter-based auction house Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood taking a hammer price of £155,000.

The picture was painted by German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73), who completed many port…

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