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Lot 82*

Archibald Thorburn
(British, 1860-1935)
A cock and a hen pheasant

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30 – 31 March 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Archibald Thorburn (British, 1860-1935)

A cock and a hen pheasant
signed and dated 'Archibald Thorburn/1908' (lower left)
watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
42.5 x 54.8cm (16 3/4 x 21 1/2in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 2 March 1990, lot 187.
Private collection, Italy (acquired from the above sale).

Saleroom notices

Please note that the correct title for the present lot is 'The Mongolian Pheasant' Literature
John Guille Millais, The Natural History of British Game Birds, New York, 1909, illustrated opposite p.102.

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