Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
The Fox, the Raven and the dead Stag
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1904' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic, on grey-blue paper
21 x 29¼ in. (53.3 x 74.4 cm.)
Lot Essay
A similar composition entitled Not for the Larder, and featuring the same fox, stag and raven, was sold at Sotheby's, Gleneagles, 31 August 1993, lot 759, for £20,700.