Lot Essay
For further examples of studies of snipe by the same hand please see lot 94 in the sale of the collection of the late John Appleby on 4 November 2010.
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Study of an Indian snipe (recto) and a snipe (verso)
Details
English School, late 19th Century
Study of an Indian snipe (recto) and a snipe (verso)
inscribed with Latin nomenclature (upper left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on paper, unframed
7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.); An unframed watercolour of a Dominican grosbeak by Anne Lovell; and Six unframed studies of birds including: A tawny bunting; and A peregrine falcon, by other hands (8)
Study of an Indian snipe (recto) and a snipe (verso)
inscribed with Latin nomenclature (upper left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, on paper, unframed
7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm.); An unframed watercolour of a Dominican grosbeak by Anne Lovell; and Six unframed studies of birds including: A tawny bunting; and A peregrine falcon, by other hands (8)
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