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LOT 5171:
2 prints of Polecat and Pine Marten by A Thorburn 1920
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2 prints of Polecat and Pine Marten by A Thorburn 1920
These original antique prints of 1. Polecat and 2. Pine Marten are from British Mammals by Archibald Thorburn. Published by Longmans, Green and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London, 1920.
These chromolithographs are after paintings by the Scottish artist Archibald Thorburn and are on heavy stock paper.
Thorburn was one of the most prolific and respected illustrators of the natural world at the end of the 19th and turn of the 20th century.
Size: 12.5in x 10in (31.5cm x 25.3cm)
Condition: The prints are in excellent condition - please inspect the images carefully
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