A dead snipe hanging from a nail

Details

John Francis Sartorius (c.1775-1831)
A dead snipe hanging from a nail
signed and dated 'J.F. Sartorius 1808.' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid on panel
13½ x 11¾ in. (34.3 x 30 cm.)

Provenance

Frederick Standfield (1916-2004), Forge Cottage, East Meon, Hampshire, and by inheritance to the vendor.

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Lot Essay

Frederick Standfield wrote two books on shooting, Syndicate Shooting (1961), and Pheasant Shooting (1963), numberous articles for The Shooting Times, and more recently A History of East Meon (1984), the village in which he lived. He also formed a notable collection of sporting pictures including a number of watercolours by Archibald Thorburn.

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