ID 432833 
Lot 59  | Sir William Strickland, Bt. (1753-1834)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000 
Five ornithological studies: 'Peregrine Falcon Perched on a Carved Block with Egg and Butterfly Above', 'Young Black Throated Diver at Rest', 'Female Great Bustard Standing’, ‘Bittern Standing on a Rocky Outcrop’, and ‘Water-Hen’
ii) signed and dated 'W.S./ 1810' (lower centre)
v) signed and dated 'W.S:1771' (lower left) and inscribed 'WATER-HEN.' (upper left)
i) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
ii) pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour on paper
iii) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
iv) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
v) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
i) 135/8 x 81/2 in. (35 x 21.5 cm.)
ii) 131/4 x 17 in. (33.5 x 43 cm.)
iii) 133/4 x 10 in. (35 x 25.5. cm.)
iv) 155/8 x 113/8 in. (40 x 28.5 cm.)
v) 12 x 71/8 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm.)
| Applied technique: | Watercolor | 
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| Genre: | Animalistic | 
| Applied technique: | Watercolor | 
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| Genre: | Animalistic | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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