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Frank Southgate (1872-1916)
Mallard Courting
signed 'Frank. Southgate. R.B.A.' and extensively inscribed 'MALLARD COURTING/Paired off/Duck sitting/Flapping feathers and shaking/Bowing. With this position a short/sharp whistle is emitted/with this a deep low note similar to 'umph/The Lady takes very little notice/of her admirers/The mallard leaves his/spouse to bring up the family/At Grips/"Git! She's mine!"/In Eclipse Plumage/The Mallard in summer changes/into plumage similar to the duck/He loses his flight feathers and/is incapable of flying'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white
13¾ x 19.3/8in. (350 x 492mm.)
Mallard Courting
signed 'Frank. Southgate. R.B.A.' and extensively inscribed 'MALLARD COURTING/Paired off/Duck sitting/Flapping feathers and shaking/Bowing. With this position a short/sharp whistle is emitted/with this a deep low note similar to 'umph/The Lady takes very little notice/of her admirers/The mallard leaves his/spouse to bring up the family/At Grips/"Git! She's mine!"/In Eclipse Plumage/The Mallard in summer changes/into plumage similar to the duck/He loses his flight feathers and/is incapable of flying'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white
13¾ x 19.3/8in. (350 x 492mm.)