Lot Essay
These pictures are from Dixon's 1755 set of 'Foreign and Domestick Birds' inspired by George Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds of 1743-51.
OBJECTS OF ART AND FURNITURE
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A SET OF THREE IRISH GEORGE II EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES by Samuel Dixon
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A SET OF THREE IRISH GEORGE II EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES by Samuel Dixon
In basso relievo, the first depicting a chaffinch perched on a branch with butterflies, convolvulus, snowdrops and other flowers, with dedicatory label with the name obscured, the second with an Indian bee-eater, an Indian starling, and a Brazilian finch amidst flowers and standing on a tree stump with dedicatory label to Lady Howth, the third with a Canary Bird and a wasp among anemonies, the bee-eater picture in its original black and gilt-japanned frame with trellis angles and the others in conforming later frames, largely re-painted
13¼in. x 17½in. (33.5cm. x 44.5cm.)
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In basso relievo, the first depicting a chaffinch perched on a branch with butterflies, convolvulus, snowdrops and other flowers, with dedicatory label with the name obscured, the second with an Indian bee-eater, an Indian starling, and a Brazilian finch amidst flowers and standing on a tree stump with dedicatory label to Lady Howth, the third with a Canary Bird and a wasp among anemonies, the bee-eater picture in its original black and gilt-japanned frame with trellis angles and the others in conforming later frames, largely re-painted
13¼in. x 17½in. (33.5cm. x 44.5cm.)
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