20th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

The James Harrison Collection of Birds

 
  Lot 78
 

78

Taxidermy: A Pair of Goldeneye Ducks (Bucephala langula), dated 1940-1948, by Dr James Harrison, a full mount adult male Goldeneye with head turning slightly to the right in second winter plumage, stood upon a painted faux rock base, with attached data label - Goldeneye, Male Second Winter, 15th 1st 1948, Montrose Basin, Angus, this particular drake was shot by Jeffrey Harrison, son of Dr James Harrison while on a wildfowling trip to Scotland, it features within an article written for the Shooting Times & Country Magazine by Jeffrey Harrison, together with a full mount adult female, sat upon a painted faux rock base, with attached data label - Goldeneye, Female Adult, 20th 2nd 1940, Cottingham, Kent, (2).

Sold for £100
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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