Lot 162: Robert Mitford (British, 19th century)

Robert Mitford (British, 19th century)
Young of Do. Lesser Tern
signed indistinctly (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
7½ x 8¾ in. (191 x 222 mm.), unframed

H. Bradley Martin, Sale (Part III), Sotheby's New York, 8 June 1989, lot 455.

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOTS 161-162)

The etching made after the present lot appeared as subject no. 4, Plate 89 of Volume 2 of Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology (published 1819-34). 227 original drawings from the work survived and were sold at the Martin sale in 1989. The title of this lot and the previous one is taken from the etched plate. Mitford was Selby's brother-in-law and provided 55 of the drawings for the publication.