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ANTIQUE #SA1198316

Antique Taxidermy – A Pair Of Picture Frame Cases By Rowland Green, Each Containing A Kingfisher With Painted Scenic Back Drop

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Kendall House Antiques Ltd.

Penciled to the verso of one of the cases ''Preserved and Mounted by Roland Green 1919''.
 
28cm high x 25cm wide.
 
Roland Green (1890-1972) was a noted artist. His studio was beside Hickling Broad in Norfolk his paintings are usually associated with depictions of the local birdlife, but he was also a taxidermist, having been trained to skin, stuff and set up birds by his father (Also Rowland) a taxidermist who had worked for a time at the Natural History Museum in London, which gave Roland (the son) a fine knowledge of anatomy and plumage.
 
He produced the artwork for the series, ‘Game birds and Wildfowl’ in the John Player cigarette card collection. His book; ‘Wingtips, published in 1947 covers the identification of birds in flight’. He illustrated some 12 books including The Birds of Australia by Gregory Mathews (London, Witherby, 12 vols., 1910-27) following the death in 1912 of J. G. Keulemans, who illustrated the first four volumes. Other books include Birds in Flight by W....
Antique SA1198316 shown on this page was made in 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1920
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Kendall House Antiques Ltd.
Kendall House Antiques a traditional shop in the North Cotswold’s Market town of Chipping Campden.
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07880 602715
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD