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James Bourhill flourished in the years 1880-1900, and all the works known by him are dated in the 1880s and a few into the 1890s. He was an enigmatic artist of Scottish descent and worked by studying the animals in The Edinburgh Zoological Gardens and setting them in imaginary landscapes. Only a couple of paintings have humans in them. The Rhino Hunt. He was a Royal Scottish Academician and exhibited several paintings between 1880 and 1887. John Aspinall held a large collection at Aspinalls club, featuring great cats, great apes and other animals. The Hon. Aileen Plunkett at her renowned home Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin had a collection of parrots, flamingoes, frogs, turtles, rabbits and pigeons.
JAMES E. BOURHILL, 19TH CENTURY
Crocodile
Details
JAMES E. BOURHILL, 19TH CENTURY
Crocodile
signed and dated 'J.E. Bourhill/1885' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22½ x 31½ in. (57 x 80 cm.)
Crocodile
signed and dated 'J.E. Bourhill/1885' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22½ x 31½ in. (57 x 80 cm.)
Sale room notice
The medium of this painting is oil on paper laid down on canvas rather than oil on canvas as stated in the printed catalogue.
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