TWO IRISH GEORGE II EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
BY SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1750
One depicting 'The Red Legg'd Partridge from Barbary' in a landscape and with butterflies and other insects, the other depicitng 'The Black and White Chinese Cock Pheasant and its Hen' perched on a branch in a landscape and with insects , the landscape coloured with ground glass, each within mahogany and parcel-gilt moulded frames, the reverse pasted with typed details of provenance, the butterflies, moths and ground glass later
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) wide (2)
TWO IRISH GEORGE II EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURES
BY SAMUEL DIXON, CIRCA 1750
One depicting 'The Red Legg'd Partridge from Barbary' in a landscape and with butterflies and other insects, the other depicitng 'The Black and White Chinese Cock Pheasant and its Hen' perched on a branch in a landscape and with insects , the landscape coloured with ground glass, each within mahogany and parcel-gilt moulded frames, the reverse pasted with typed details of provenance, the butterflies, moths and ground glass later
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) wide (2)