拍品 41
41
A GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURE
A GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURE

ATTRIBUTED TO ISAAC SPACKMANN

细节
A GEORGE III EMBOSSED BIRD PICTURE
Attributed to Isaac Spackmann
Depicting a yellow bellied green cuckoo on a mossy branch, in a black and gilt-japanned concave-moulded frame, inscribed in pencil to the reverse 'Yellow Bellied Green Cuckcow Ceylon (?)', the reverse of the frame with paper label inscribed in ink 'Yellow Bellied Green Cuckcow Ceylon' and with Ackermann, New York trade label, refreshments to the decoration
12¾ in. x 10¼ in. (32.5 in. x 26 cm.)

拍品专文

The Islington artist Isaac Spackman (d. 1771) issued three sets of embossed birds: in 1754, 1764 and 1769 (A.K. Longfield, 'Identifying Spackman's Embossed Pictures', Country Life, 25 January 1979, pp. 196-197).
A pair of embossed bird-pictures attributed to Spackman was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 12.