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Ptarmigan in summer plumage
Details
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Ptarmigan in summer plumage
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1908' (lower right) and inscribed 'Ptarmigan/(Summer)' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
20.5/8 x 16½ in. (52.3 x 41.9 cm.)
Ptarmigan in summer plumage
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1908' (lower right) and inscribed 'Ptarmigan/(Summer)' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
20.5/8 x 16½ in. (52.3 x 41.9 cm.)
Provenance
with A. Baird Carter, London.
Literature
J.G. Millais, The Natural History of British Game Birds, London, 1909, pl. 6.