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Lot 187

SPACKMAN (ISAAC)
Four ornithological watercolours, comprising Blue Linnet, Yellow Crown'd Parrakeet, and two pairs of unidentified birds (probably Blue-throated Hummingbird with Woodpecker, and Jay with Kingbird), [1760s] (4)

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11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£4,000 - £6,000

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SPACKMAN (ISAAC)

Four ornithological watercolours, comprising Blue Linnet, Yellow Crown'd Parrakeet, and two pairs of unidentified birds (probably Blue-throated Hummingbird with Woodpecker, and Jay with Kingbird), watercolour and ink, the first on vellum, the others on paper and laid down, the first 2 captioned at head, some with Spackman's initialed notes on verso, light browning, 250 x 200mm., [1760s] (4)

Footnotes

Attractive original studies by Spackman (fl. c.1750-71), with fragmentary notes on verso referencing George Edwards and Mark Catesby. The Parakeet and Linnet are described as being in the collection of F.W. Sharpe, MP for Callington, Cornwall, or his wife Mary, of South Lodge, Enfield Chase, Hertfordshire.

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