Live Auction 5503British and Continental Watercolours including Original Book
Robert Thorburn, A.R.A. (c.1836)
Lot 44

Robert Thorburn, A.R.A. (c.1836)

Group portait of three children, seated by a pillar, a landscape beyond

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GBP 478

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Robert Thorburn, A.R.A. (c.1836)
Group portait of three children, seated by a pillar, a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'R. Thorburn/1836' (lower right) and inscribed 'Miniature Portraits/by Thorburn/Col. Thomas Bell/Necoholme [?]/Pitlochrie/Perthshire' (on a label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour
9½ x 10 in. (24.2 x 25.4 cm.)

Specialist note

Robert Thorburn, a miniaturist, was the father of the bird painter Archibald Thorburn.

It has been suggested that the sitters could be the daughters of Carlyle Bell.