Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)

A snowy owl, Anglesey

Details
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)
A snowy owl, Anglesey
signed 'C.F. Tunnicliffe' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white and with scratching out
17 x 26 in. (43.1 x 67.9 cm.)
Provenance
with The Tryon Gallery, London.

Lot Essay

Tunnicliffe studied the snowy owl at Chester Zoo and sketches are published in C.F. Tunnicliffe, R.A., A Sketchbook of Birds, ed. I. Niall, London, 1979, p. 93. Tunnicliffe moved from Cheshire to Anglesey in 1947 and lived at Shorelands, a house right on the estuary of the River Cefni, Malltraeth Bay.

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