Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
A White-throat, a Lesser White-throat and a Dartford Warbler
signed 'A.Thorburn 1924'; pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
10.5/8 x 7.3/8in. (270 x 187mm.)
Provenance
With the Moorland Gallery
Literature
A. Thorburn, British Birds, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1925-6, I. pl.12

Lot Essay

Unlike his previous publication of 1915-16 on British Birds, in his 1925-26 publication, Thorburn set out to devote one plate to each species and to illustrate each species in its natural habitat. This plate is unusual in that it illustrates three species

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