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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 2, 2021 | Christie's | London | British and European Art | 115 | $****** - ****** | Mallard and teal in the snow | |||
Mar 14, 2018 | Bonhams | London | 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art | 88 | $****** - ****** | Mallard | |||
Dec 15, 2017 | Christie's | London | The Astor Collection From Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire | 166 | $****** - ****** | A mallard drake and duck on the banks of a loch | |||
Jan 25, 2012 | Bonhams | London | 19th Century Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours | 146 | $****** - ****** | Woodcock, Mallard and Kingfisher | |||
Jan 25, 2012 | Bonhams | London | 19th Century Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours | 154 | $****** - ****** | Mallard in the reeds | |||
Nov 3, 2010 | Christie's | South Kensington | Sporting & Wildlife Art Including an Important Private Collection of Works by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe | 46 | $****** - ****** | American green-winged teal | |||
Aug 1, 2007 | Bonhams | Knightsbridge | Sporting Sale | 26 | $****** - ****** | Mallard duck | |||
Sep 19, 2006 | Gilding's Auctioneers | Market Harborough | Fine Art & Antiques | 327 | $****** - ****** | Study of a mallard on a sandy beach | |||
Aug 30, 2006 | Sotheby's | London | Scottish & Sporting Pictures | 863 | $****** - ****** | Mallards on a frozen lake | |||
Oct 28, 2004 | Christie's | London | Scottish Art | 43 | $****** - ****** | Mallard and teal in the snow | |||
Mar 4, 2003 | Bearnes | Exeter | Spring Sale | 411 | $****** - ****** | Mallard in the snow | |||
Nov 22, 1995 | Sotheby's | London | Watercolours, & Paintings of Birds | 102 | Estimates not disclosed | Mallard and Teal in the snow |
Works on Paper
27.6 x 40.6 cm (10.88 x 16 in)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper
signed and dated "A. Thorburn. 1929." (lower left)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby"s, London, 22 November 1995, lot 102.
ARCHIBALD THORBURN (BRITISH, 1860-1935)
Mallard and teal in the snow
signed and dated "A. Thorburn. 1929." (lower left)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper
10 7 / 8 x 16 in. (27.6 x 40.3 cm.)
