Live Auction 18835IN THE FIELD - An Important Private Collection of Sporting Art
Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Lot 20

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

Basking in the noonday sun: A Covey of Grey Partridge

Closed12 December 2019

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GBP 72,500

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Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Basking in the noonday sun: A Covey of Grey Partridge
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1910' (lower left) and with inscription as titled (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and touches of gum arabic on paper
22 7/8 x 31 in. (58.1 x 78.8 cm.)

Purchased from the artist, and by descent.
with Grundy & Smith, Manchester.
John Renton, Stubbington House, Ascot.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 June 1998, lot 105, where acquired by the present owner.