Sir Peter Markham Scott (British, 1909-1989)

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Sir Peter Scott (1909-1989) was a naturalist, conservationist, artist and author. His body of artistic work is inextricably linked with his passion for wildlife. The artist travelled the world in order to paint rare species of birds and founded several bird sanctuaries in the UK. He was a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, President of the Society of Wildlife Artists and President of the Nature in Art Trust. The artist gave the scientific name of Nessiteras rhombopteryx to the Loch Ness Monster so that it could be registered as an endangered species. Family tradition reveals that Scott painted Lot 26 for David Pelham Guthrie-James, a believer in the Loch Ness monster legend.

Sir Peter Markham Scott (British, 1909-1989)

Courtship in Loch Ness

Details

Sir Peter Markham Scott (British, 1909-1989)
Courtship in Loch Ness
signed and dated '1975' (lower right)
oil on board
15 x 18 in. (38.2 x 45.8 cm.)

Exhibited

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, 9 September - 21 October 1989
Norwich Castle Museum, 28 October - 26 November 1989
Dundee Art Gallery, 6 December 1989 - 27 January 1990
Natural History Museum, London, 10 February - 27 March 1990

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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