Lot 144
  • 144

Samuel John Lamorna Birch, 1869-1955

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Samuel John Lamorna Birch
  • Studies of wild Brown Trout
  • a pair, each signed and dated May 4th 1912; each further signed and dedicated To M & Mrs F... from S. J. Lamorna Birch 1912 (May 4th)
  • watercolour and bodycolour
  • each 27.5x61.5cm.; 10¾x24in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in 1912;
Thence by decent to the present owner

Catalogue Note

The present owner was given these works by Norman Smith Esq. whose father-in-law was a friend of  Samual John Lamorna Birch. Lamorna Birch, a keen fisherman, painted and dedicated these works as an affectionate reminder of a succeessful fishing trip on the River Itchen in 1912.