Lot 20: Archibald Thorburn (British, 1860-1935) Pheasant in flight

Archibald Thorburn (British, 1860-1935)
Pheasant in flight
signed 'Archibald Thorburn' (lower right)
watercolour and bodycolour
54 x 75cm (21 1/4 x 29 1/2in).
Footnotes

Provenance
with Rowland Ward, Ltd., London
Collection of Sir Crawford McCullagh
Acquired by the present owner in 1974
Private collection, UK

Sir Crawford McCullagh (1868-1948), previous owner of the present lot, was a prominent Unionist politician and businessman in Northern Ireland. McCullagh was the first person to suggest a period of silence to commemorate those who died in the First World War. The familiar Two Minutes Silence was first held at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1919.