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A Drake Wigeon; and A Drake Gadwall, Mautby Decoy
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John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985)
A Drake Wigeon; and A Drake Gadwall, Mautby Decoy
both signed 'J C Harrison.' (lower right); the first with inscription 'ORIGINAL/BY. J.C. HARRISON/DECEMBER 1964./Painted from a bird .... at/MAUTBY DECOY 14th December 1964/shot (p3461)' (on a label attached to the backing); the second with inscription 'ORIGINAL./J.C. HARRISON./his Xmas Card to me 1963./From a bird I shot at/Mautby Decoy - the Tadmouth.' (on a label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
5 1/8 x 7¾ in. (13 x 19.7 cm.); and 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (15.5 x 23.8 cm.) (2)
A Drake Wigeon; and A Drake Gadwall, Mautby Decoy
both signed 'J C Harrison.' (lower right); the first with inscription 'ORIGINAL/BY. J.C. HARRISON/DECEMBER 1964./Painted from a bird .... at/MAUTBY DECOY 14th December 1964/shot (p3461)' (on a label attached to the backing); the second with inscription 'ORIGINAL./J.C. HARRISON./his Xmas Card to me 1963./From a bird I shot at/Mautby Decoy - the Tadmouth.' (on a label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
5 1/8 x 7¾ in. (13 x 19.7 cm.); and 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (15.5 x 23.8 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Lieutenant Colonel Meyrick Eliot-Drake-Briscoe, a gift from the artist, and by descent.