Moonlight artist John Atkinson Grimshaw in the spotlight

A trademark nocturnal scene by Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-93) got away on low estimate for £80,000 at John Nicholson’s (25% buyer’s premium) of Haslemere in Surrey.

The 12 x 20in (30 x 51cm) oil on board, which was included in a sale of pictures on November 28, w…

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