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Pheasants
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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Pheasants
signed and dated 'A. Thorburn/1922.' (lower left) and inscribed 'P. torquatus.' 'Female/(assumption of male plumage)' 'P. colchicus.' 'P. mongolicus.' (variously on the sheet)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour on buff paper, unframed
14 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (36.5 x 26.5 cm.)
Pheasants
signed and dated 'A. Thorburn/1922.' (lower left) and inscribed 'P. torquatus.' 'Female/(assumption of male plumage)' 'P. colchicus.' 'P. mongolicus.' (variously on the sheet)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour on buff paper, unframed
14 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (36.5 x 26.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 March 1990, lot 181.
Literature
A. Thorburn, Game Birds and Wildfowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1923, pl. 9.
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