ID 1226101
Lot 81 | ARCHIBALD THORBURN (BRITISH, 1860-1935)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Ridgeway's Petrel
signed 'Archibald Thorburn' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic on paper
6 ½ x 9 ½ in. (16.5 x 24.2 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; John Nicholson, Surrey, 19 February, 1997, lot 120.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 12 December 2012, lot 25, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Lord Lilford, Coloured Figures of Birds of the British Islands, London, 1885-98, vol. VI, pl. 55.
| Artist: | Archibald Thorburn (1860 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Genre: | Sporting art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Archibald Thorburn (1860 - 1935) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor |
| Genre: | Sporting art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Drawings |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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