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Lot 207: SAMUEL DIXON

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

Item Overview

Description

TWO IRISH BASSO RELIEVO PICTURES, 18TH CENTURY

Indian Bee-Eater, Black and White Indian Starling and Brazilian Finch, 1755 series (see label on lot 208), 29cm x 39.5cm; and Green Wing'd Dove, with Red-Throated Humming Birds, Peacock Butterfly and Ultramarine Butterfly, 1755 series, bearing label dedicated to Lady Molesworth
29cm x 40cm (2)

Artist or Maker

Literature

Ada K Longfield, "Irish Conceits of Birds and Blooms - the embossed pictures of Samuel Dixon", Country Life, 5th December 1968, pp. 1457-60, fig.4 Ada K Longfield, "Samuel Dixon's Embossed Pictures", Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in Ireland, vol. 96, part 2 (1966), pp. 133-140, pl. 26

Notes

(1) From George Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. IV (1751), nos. 183, 187 and 191 respectively (2) From George Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. I (1743), nos. 14, 38 and 26 respectively

Auction Details

Fine Antiques

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

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