A PAIR OF GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES

BY ISAAC SPACKMAN, CIRCA 1764-71

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
BY ISAAC SPACKMAN, CIRCA 1764-71
A Black-headed Indian icterus and American yellow and blue macaw and a Chinese painted or golden pheasant and touraco, in ebonised frames with gilt slips
13¾ x 17¾ in. (35 x 45 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Apparently with Mallett (see Ada K. Longfield, op.cit, 1980).

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Lot Essay

This pair of pictures represent rare examples of double bird arrangements by Spackman. See Ada K. Longfield, op. cit, 1980, p. 22, and p.27, fig. 22.

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