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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Cock and hen pheasant in the undergrowth
signed and dated 'A. Thorburn/1927' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, with gum arabic, heightened with touches of bodycolour
14½ x 21½ in. (37 x 55 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 June 1998, lot 100.

Specialist note

The majority of Thorburn's pictures of pheasant were painted in the woods of Gertrude Jekyll's 'Old West Surrey', following Thorburn's move to Hascombe in 1902.