John Cyril Harrison (British 1895-1985) Grouse in Flight, signed lower right, watercolour, measurements 10.5 x 12.5 cm, frame 33.5 x 25.5 cm

Provenance: consigned from a significant private collection of wildlife art

Condition Report
The painting is a watercolour, framed under glazing- not examined external to the frame. The sheet appears in good condition no obvious signs of any rips, folds or creasing. There is some ageing (browning) of the sheet down the left and right edges against the mount. There is some staining- red brown in colour above the back of the neck of the grouse on the left and a smaller fainter patch beneath centre. The frame is in good condition. 

The painting has been consigned from a significant private collection of wildlife art which included artists such as Charles Tunnicliffe, Eric Ennion, George and Eileen Soper, Terence Lambert, Ralston Gudgeon etc.

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