© Godalming Museum
Wildfowl on the Shore: Pintail, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Brent and Barnacle Geese
Artist: Archibald Thorburn (1860 - 1935)
Location: Godalming Museum
Date: 1905
Materials: pencil, watercolour with gum arabic and bodycolour
Dimensions: 38.1 x 55.9cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £25,935)
Vendor: Through Heath-Bullock Antiques
Review number: 5719 (2006)
Provenance:
Private collection; Christie's, 2005; private collection.
Description:
Thorburn moved to the village of Hascombe, near Godalming, in 1902. Every morning, he would take a walk with his sketchbook into the local countryside, which includes woodland as well as ponds, lakes and marshy areas. This watercolour is typical of his work for the accuracy of the birds, directly and unsentimentally observed, and the careful representation of their habitat - a typical, parallel understanding.
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