George Morrison Reid Henry (1891-1983)
Collected field studies of birds, including crows, orioles, tailor birds, hoopoe, tree sparrow, greenfinches, including many Ceylonese subjects
many signed, inscribed 'Columbo' and many annotated with identifications of birds and dated variously '1909-31'
many pencil, some with watercolour on paper, bound in cloth with corners in darker leather, with 'FIELD SKETCHES/OF BIRDS/ BY G.M.REID HENRY/ 1891-1983' tooled in gilt on the spine
15 x 8 in. (38.1 x 20.3 cm.); and smaller
the album 20 3/8 x 18 ¾ in (51.7 x 47.7 cm.)
George Morrison Reid Henry (1891-1983)
Collected field studies of birds, including crows, orioles, tailor birds, hoopoe, tree sparrow, greenfinches, including many Ceylonese subjects
many signed, inscribed 'Columbo' and many annotated with identifications of birds and dated variously '1909-31'
many pencil, some with watercolour on paper, bound in cloth with corners in darker leather, with 'FIELD SKETCHES/OF BIRDS/ BY G.M.REID HENRY/ 1891-1983' tooled in gilt on the spine
15 x 8 in. (38.1 x 20.3 cm.); and smaller
the album 20 3/8 x 18 ¾ in (51.7 x 47.7 cm.)
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