HARRY BRIGHT (fl.1867-1892) British

A Whydah Bird in an African Landscape; and A Chinese Azure-winged Magpie and Bohemian Waxwing in a Chinese Landscape

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HARRY BRIGHT (fl.1867-1892) British
A Whydah Bird in an African Landscape; and A Chinese Azure-winged Magpie and Bohemian Waxwing in a Chinese Landscape
both signed lower right HY. BRIGHT., the first inscribed on a label attached to the reverse Birds/Wydah bird./Whidah fuida./Plants fuida./Plants/Slrelitza/Palm.V./Africa No. 1 and the second inscribed on a label attached to the reverse Chinese Azure Winged Magpie./Bohemian Waxwing./Plants/Livistona/Rhapis./China/Asia no 2
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic
10¾ x 7.5/8in. (27.3 x 19.3cm.)
a pair (2)

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Harry Bright was much influenced by his father Henry Bright (1810-1873) also a natural history painter. He developed his own style and became particularly well-known for his depictions of small song birds. He illustrated Birds and Blossom, 1879, and The ABC of Pretty Birdies, 1896

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