Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)

Goldfinches among apple blossom

Details

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935)
Goldfinches among apple blossom
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1906' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic, heightened with bodycolour
22.3/8 x 15 in. (56.8 x 38.1 cm.)

Provenance

with A. Baird Carter, London.

Lot Essay

Thorburn is best known for his depictions of gamebirds, but his love of garden birds led him to publish British Birds, in 1915 and a number of his portraits of small birds were used for Christmas cards for the R.S.P.B. between 1899 and 1935.

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