Archibald Thorburn has been described as 'the greatest ornithological artist ever, with a wonderful gift for placing his bird subjects in harmonious surroundings'.

At the age of 20, Thorburn's work was accepted for the Royal Academy Exhibition in London, and in 1887 his reputation was secured by a commission to illustrate Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles, for which he painted 268 watercolours.

 

Archibald Thorburn Pictures on this web site
Woodcock Shooting By Archibald Thorburn Picture size: 41cm x 59cm (16" x 23") Medium: Watercolour Signed and Dated 1894 Price: £5,500	Mallards by Waters Edge By Archibald Thorburn Picture size: 18" x 14" (45.5cm x 26cm) Medium: Watercolour Highlighted with White Signed & Dated 1882 Price: £18,500