inscribed 'Probably yellow blue winged ...../crossed blue Starling - crested Starling .../T. Forshaw.' and stamped on the reverse with the studio stamp, 'CHARLES TUNNICLIFFE R.A./STUDIO 1980 NO, 402/20'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white on stone paper 8¼ x 10½in. (223 x 267mm.)
Lot Essay
It has been suggested that this bird is another coloured Gimple