IN THE MANNER OF SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1780

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THREE GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
IN THE MANNER OF SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1780
A golden pheasant and a green woodpecker perched on a tree stump in ebonised and parcel-gilt frames and a white-headed parrot in a later black and gilt-lacquered frame
11½ in. x 9 (29 x 23 cm.); the parrot 10½ x 8¾ in. (26.5 x 22 cm.) (3)

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Ada K. Longfield notes an example of a woodpecker attributed to Isaac Spackman and probably part of his 1754 set of twelve, while the Chinese painted or golden pheasant was common to both Dixon and Spackman's work (Ada K. Longfield, op. cit., 1980, p.19.).

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