Lot 24: Stephen Elmer (c.1714-1796)

A dead woodcock and a great spotted woodpecker in a landscape
signed 'S Elmer.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 in. (38.2 x 45.7 cm.)

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

This picture is typical of Stephen Elmer's work, particularly in his accurate depiction of plumage and the use of dead birds placed in a romanticised landscape.

We are grateful to Peter Olney for his help in cataloguing this work.

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