λ CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH 1901-1979)
BERLIN SHORT-FACED TUMBLER
Gouache, pencil and pastel
Titled and inscribed T. Forshaw (lower right)
24 x 25cm (9¼ x 9¾ in.)
Tunnicliffe moved to Anglesey in 1947, it was at this point that he met chairman and president of Burtonwood Brewery Company and keen ornithologist Thomas Forshaw. The pair's friendship blossomed with shared interests in a love of ale and ornithology and Forshaw decided to commission Tunnicliffe to his collection of Fancy Pigeons. At one point, Forshaw held 400 birds in his aviary, an avid pigeon fancier. Tunnicliffe produced three large folios of drawings, the majority of illustrations made direct from life. Two of these folios are now held in the Tunnicliffe Museum, Anglesey and it is most likely that this present work was taken from the third folio.
λ CHARLES FREDERICK TUNNICLIFFE (BRITISH 1901-1979)
BERLIN SHORT-FACED TUMBLER
Gouache, pencil and pastel
Titled and inscribed T. Forshaw (lower right)
24 x 25cm (9¼ x 9¾ in.)
Tunnicliffe moved to Anglesey in 1947, it was at this point that he met chairman and president of Burtonwood Brewery Company and keen ornithologist Thomas Forshaw. The pair's friendship blossomed with shared interests in a love of ale and ornithology and Forshaw decided to commission Tunnicliffe to his collection of Fancy Pigeons. At one point, Forshaw held 400 birds in his aviary, an avid pigeon fancier. Tunnicliffe produced three large folios of drawings, the majority of illustrations made direct from life. Two of these folios are now held in the Tunnicliffe Museum, Anglesey and it is most likely that this present work was taken from the third folio.
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