20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 59
 

59

Taxidermy: A Group of Three Geese, dated 1949-1974, comprising - a full mount adult female Eastern Greylag Goose, with head turning to the left, with attached identification tag - 3H, stood upon a painted faux rock base, overall height 50cm, with attached data label - Eastern Greylag Goose, Female Adult, 8th 10th 1949, Pagensand Island, Elbe Estuary, West Germany, a full mount adult male Tundra Bean Goose, with head turning slightly to the left, stood upon a sanded faux rock base, overall height 47cm, with attached data label - Tundra Bean Goose, Male Adult, 30th 1st 1974, Amberley Wild Brooks, Sussex, a full mount adult male Dark-breasted Brent Goose, with head turning slightly to the right, stood upon a pebble, shell, and seaweed covered faux rock base, overall height 49cm, with attached data label - Dark-breasted Brent Goose, Male Adult, 21st 1st 1953, The Swale, Kent, (3).

Sold for £200
Estimated at £120 - £180


 

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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