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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Lots 63-75
This fine collection of watercolours was inspired by a long-standing connection with the Thorburn Museum in Liskeard. The close friendship of John Southern and frequent visits to the museum led to the initial acquisition of Autumn Glory in the mid seventies, the watercolour that heads this group. The collection has evolved over many years and the watercolours have all been chosen as outstanding examples for exhibition at the Thorburn Museum. A number have been illustrated in John Southern's books, Thorburn's Birds and Mammals, London, 1986, and Thorburn's Landscape: The Major Natural History Paintings, London, 1981.
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Autumn Glory: Red Grouse on the Scottish Moors
Details
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Autumn Glory: Red Grouse on the Scottish Moors
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1911.' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
20 x 27½ in. (50.7 x 69.8 cm.)
Autumn Glory: Red Grouse on the Scottish Moors
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn 1911.' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic
20 x 27½ in. (50.7 x 69.8 cm.)
Engraved
Limited Edition Print, William Marler, Autumn Glory, 1995, 850 copies.