"1732"

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26 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 26, 2025: Art handlers look at a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 26, 2025. The masterpiece will lead Christie's Old Masters Evening Sale in London on 1 July 2025, having only appeared at auction twice in its 300-year history, in 1751 and 1993.

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#12448141

6 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06, 2025: A staff member looks at a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 06, 2025.

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6 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06, 2025: Art handlers hold a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 06, 2025.

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#12448143

6 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06, 2025: Art handlers hold a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 06, 2025.

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6 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06, 2025: Staff members look at a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 06, 2025.

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#12448139

6 June 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06, 2025: A staff member looks at a painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto, titled ''Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day'', circa 1732, (estimate on request; in excess of GBP20 million), originally owned by Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and hung at 10 Downing Street, during a photocall at Christie's auction house in London, United Kingdom on June 06, 2025.

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#6340260

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#6340262

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#6340264

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#6340268

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#6340270

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#6340272

11 January 2021

A bronze statue of the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, overlooks Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE from the Federal Hall, the first capitol, in New York City. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789 when NYC was the capital of the United States before it was moved in 1790 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. by John Quincy Adams Ward, installed on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street in New York City with the inscription at the base of the sculpture GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 WAKEFIELD WESTMORELAND CO VIRGINIA U S A. New York, USA on November 2019

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#1732732

16 February 2017

Personnel are seen near signage for the closure of Worsleys Rd near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Up to 15 helicopters, and over a 100 firefighters have been battling two massive wildfires that have burnt over 700 hectares since erupting on Monday evening.

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#1732733

16 February 2017

Farmers observe the wild fire in the Worsleys area near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Up to 15 helicopters, and over a 100 firefighters have been battling two massive wildfires that have burnt over 700 hectares since erupting on Monday evening.

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#1732734

16 February 2017

A helicopter dumps water on a wild fire in the Worsleys area near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Up to 15 helicopters, and over a 100 firefighters have been battling two massive wildfires that have burnt over 700 hectares since erupting on Monday evening.

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#1732735

16 February 2017

Helicopters pass by as they fight a wild fire in the Worsleys area near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Up to 15 helicopters, and over a 100 firefighters have been battling two massive wildfires that have burnt over 700 hectares since erupting on Monday evening.

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