Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

Bluetits on a teasel

Details
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Bluetits on a teasel
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1922' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and touches of gum arabic
14 x 10 in. (36.8 x 26.7 cm.)
Provenance
with The Tryon Gallery, London.

Lot Essay

This is the original watercolour for the limited edition print, Bluetits on a teasel, published in colour by W.H. Embleton, Thorburn's dealer, in 1922.
A similar, landscape watercolour of bluetits, coal tits and a goldcrest on a branch, sold at Christie's London, 7 April 1998, lot 93, (6,325).

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