Mallard in the snow

Details

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Mallard in the snow
signed and dated 'A.Thorburn/1928' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.8 cm.)

Provenance

with W.F. Embleton, 70 Jermyn Street, London.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

'Thorburn loved painting wildfowl almost as much as his beloved gamebirds, and, as with the gamebirds, particulary liked to depict them confronted and surrounded by the rigours and hardships of winter.'

For a note on W.F. Embleton, see lot 40.

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