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John Cyril Harrison (British, 1898-1985) Pheasants in a winter landscape image 1
John Cyril Harrison (British, 1898-1985) Pheasants in a winter landscape image 2
John Cyril Harrison (British, 1898-1985) Pheasants in a winter landscape image 3
Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects
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John Cyril Harrison
(British, 1898-1985)
Pheasants in a winter landscape

19 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£300 - £500

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John Cyril Harrison (British, 1898-1985)

Pheasants in a winter landscape
signed 'J.C.Harrison.' (lower right)
watercolour over traces of pencil
21.5 x 28cm (8 7/16 x 11in).

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Provenance
The Collection of the Hon. Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, and thence to his daughter;
The Collection of Lady Glenconner

The 5th Earl of Leicester was a keen shot and held some of the most famous shoots at Holkham Hall. In her autobiography, Lady Glenconner recalls that shooting was 'really what my father and all his friends lived for. It was the main bond between the Cokes and the Royal Family, especially with Sandringham only ten miles away'.

Literature
Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown, Hodder & Staughton, London, 2019, p.11.

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