| Archibald
Thorburn (1) Birds of British Isles  The chromolithographs below are by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935) and cut from the second edition of Lord Lilford's classic Coloured Figures of Birds of the British Isles, published by R. H. Porter, London, 1891-97 . Size: 6.25 x 9.75 inches |
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Archibald
Thorburn's "distinctive and immaculate art was . . . the outcome
of natural artistic talent backed up with knowledge obtained along the
sights of a gun and from close observations and frequent handling
animals, both alive and dead. Birds were his favourite subjects,
too, and
he had a remarkable ability to draw the small species. . . . The master
of every aspect of animal art, Thorburn has never been surpassed in the
delineation of feathers, conveying the softness of their texture and
the
delicacy of their markings with a skill which has been the despair of
bird
artists ever since.
"Many of Thorburn's designs were produced by chromolithography, including those he did for Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles (1885-98), which is considered to contain some of the finest pictures of pictures of birds ever reproduced in colour. " --S. Peter
Dance, The Art of Natural History
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Name |
Price |
Condition |
THOR-14 |
American
Bittern |
Sold |
Excellent |
THOR-12 |
Little
Bittern |
45.00 |
Excellent |
THOR-09 |
Squacco Heron
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-05 |
Purple Heron |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-10 |
Green Heron |
Sold |
Excellent |
THOR-06 |
Great White Heron |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-07 |
Little Egret |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-15 |
White Stork
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-16 |
Black Stork
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-18 |
Spoonbill |
Sold |
Excellent |
 THOR-19 |
Flamingo |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-17 |
Glossy Ibis
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-30 |
Bewick's Swan
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-28 |
Mute Swan |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-29 |
Whooper, or Common Wild Swan |
Sold |
Excellent |
THOR-26 |
Barnacle
Goose |
35.00 |
Excellent- |
 THOR-22 |
Bean Goose
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-27 |
Brent Goose
|
45.00 |
Excellent |
THOR-20 |
Grey-Lag
Goose |
45.00 |
Excellent |
THOR-23 |
Pink-Footed
Goose |
45.00 |
Excellent |
THOR-25 |
Red-Breasted
Goose |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 THOR-24 |
Snow Goose |
45.00 |
Excellent |
THOR-21 |
White-Fronted
Goose |
45.00 |
Excellent |