20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 155
 

155

Taxidermy: A Cased Hobby (Falco subbuteo), circa early 20th century, a full mount adult with head turning slightly to the left, perched upon a small branch, issuing from a painted faux rock, amidst a natural setting of ferns and fauna, above sanded groundwork beneath, set against a watercolour painted back drop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised three-glass display case, 30.5cm by 16cm by 35.5cm, bearing handwritten label to interior- Hobby (Falco subbuteo), shot in Hampshire, given to me by W.H. Mullens who bought it at a shop in Alton, Hants, on May 3rd 1907, when he visited Selbourne for the first time, T. Parkin, Farrseal, High Wickhem, Hastings.

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Auction: The James Harrison Collection of Birds, 20th May, 2022

The James Harrison Collection comprises over 200 lots of cased and freemount birds dating from the late Victorian era to the middle of the 20th century. The collection includes rare and unusual examples, such as a passenger pigeon and a kiwi, as well as mounts by the likes of Rowland Ward, James Gardner, Charles Kirk and George Bristow. 

James Maurice Harrison (1892-1971) was an ornithologist and one of the last great bird collectors, who gathered large numbers of specimens to study moult patterns, distribution, geographical and colour variation within and between species. A GP by profession, Harrison filled his family home and Doctor's Surgery, Bowerwood House in Kent, with his extraordinary collection. 

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