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Lot 206: SAMUEL DIXON

Est: $0 USD - $0 USDSold:
Lyon & TurnbullEdinburgh, United KingdomSeptember 29, 2004

Item Overview

Description

TWO IRISH BASSO RELIEVO PICTURES, 18TH CENTURY

The Smallest Green and Red Indian Parakeet and the Little Black, White and Red Indian Creeper, 1750 series, number III; and another after Samuel Dixon The Black-Headed Indian Icterus, original frame
23cm x 18cm (2)

Artist or Maker

Notes

(1) from George Edwards, Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol II (1748), no. 81 (2) cf. George Edwards, Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol II (1748), no. 77, seemingly a reverse image. (2) The Indian Icterus formed part of Dixon's 1750 series and Spackman's 1754 set.

Auction Details

Fine Antiques

by
Lyon & Turnbull
September 29, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EBH, EH1 3RR, UK