Property of a gentleman
Archibald Thorburn
A grouse in flight
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a gentleman
Archibald Thorburn
Lasswade, Midlothian 1890–1935 Hascombe, Surrey
A grouse in flight
signed and dated lower left: A. Thorburn. / Oct. 31. 1887, inscribed lower right in pencil: original study for bird in "last end of the Drive"
watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil
323 by 465 mm
With Leggatt Brothers, London,
where acquired, in 1905, by the great-grandfather of the present owner (in celebration for winning the Fencing Cup at Cambridge)
Born in Scotland, Thorburn is considered to be the greatest wildlife painter of the late Victorian and Edwardian period. According to the artist's inscription, found in the lower right of the present lot, this study appears to have been made in preparation for his painting entitled The End of the Drive, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1892.1
1.See J. Southern, Thorburn's Landscape: The Major Natural History Paintings, London 1981, p. 119
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