Lot Essay
Thorburn was not only fascinated with the birds of Great Britain but also with mammals. From 1904 to 1906, together with J.G. Millais he published The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
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signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1919' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on blue-grey paper
10 x 7 in. (27.3 x 19 cm.)
Dormice
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1919' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on blue-grey paper
10 x 7 in. (27.3 x 19 cm.)