FOUR PAIRS OF GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES

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£ 10 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
17.11.2020 05:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Royaume-Uni, London
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ID 436696
Lot 606 | FOUR PAIRS OF GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
A touraco perched on a branch, with label to reverse 'CAME FROM THE COAST OF GUINEY, AND LIV'D SEVERAL YEARS IN LONDON' and a fork-tailed butcher bird on a branch with label 'FORK-TAIL'D BUTCHER BIRD IS A NATIVE OF INDIA AND WAS IN THE C.... OF MR DANDRIDGE', in black-japanned frames;
A hen goldfinch and a humming bird, with label to the reverse 'HEN GOLD-FINCH AND HUMMING BIRD, THE UPPER BIRD CAME FROM AMERICA, THE OTHER WAS SHOT IN DARBYSHIRE', and a black headed Indian icterus, with label to the back 'BLACK HEADED INDIAN ICTERUS THIS BIRD CAME FROM THE EAST INDIES AND WAS IN THE COLLECTION OF MR DANDRIDGE', in black-japanned frames;
A hen goldfinch and the blue American humming bird perched on a branch, labelled to reverse 'THE HEN GOLDFINCH AND BLUE AMERICAN HUMMING BIRD', and a long-tailed parakeet with an apple, labelled 'THE LONG TAIL'D PARRAKET', in ebonised and parcel-gilt frames;
A yellow bellied cuckoo perched on a branch and another blue and green bird, in ebonised and parcel-gilt frames


11¾ x 9¼ in. (30 x 23.5 cm.); 11¾ x 9¼ in. (30 x 23.5 cm); 12¼ x 9¾ in. (31 x 25 cm.); and 13¼ x 10¼ in. (33.5 x 26 cm.) respectively
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