ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1750

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A SET OF FOUR IRISH GEORGE II EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1750
A Touraco, labelled to reverse 'TOURACO' and '(NUMBER XI) THE TOURACO' with description, King of the Vultures, labelled 'KING OF THE VULTURES', Turnstone from Hudson's Bay, labelled 'TURNSTONE FROM HUDSONS BAY', and West Indian long-tailed Parakeet with an apple, each in a giltwood and ebonised frame
12¼ x 9½ in. (31 x 24 cm.) (4)

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Lot Essay

The touraco was No.XI in Samuel Dixon's 1750 set of Uncommon Birds, and this, the parakeet and the turnstone also featured in the work of Isaac Spackman, the London artist whose work related closely to that of Dixon.

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