{"product_id":"a-winter-gathering-robin-and-mixed-british-songbirds-british-ornithological-watercolour-in-the-tradition-of-archibald-thorburn","title":"A Winter Gathering: Robin and Mixed British Songbirds British Ornithological Watercolour — In the Tradition of Archibald Thorburn","description":"\u003ch2 data-end=\"166\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e🐦 \u003cstrong data-end=\"67\" data-start=\"3\"\u003eA Winter Gathering: Robin and Mixed British Songbirds (1973) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"164\" data-start=\"70\"\u003eBritish Ornithological Watercolour by Robin Reckitt — In the Tradition of Archibald Thorburn\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"214\" data-start=\"168\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"373\" data-start=\"216\"\u003e🎨 \u003cstrong data-end=\"239\" data-start=\"219\"\u003eSubject \u0026amp; Medium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"242\" data-start=\"239\"\u003eA superb original \u003cstrong data-end=\"298\" data-start=\"260\"\u003eBritish ornithological watercolour\u003c\/strong\u003e, painted in \u003cstrong data-end=\"319\" data-start=\"311\"\u003e1973\u003c\/strong\u003e by the respected wildlife artist \u003cstrong data-end=\"370\" data-start=\"353\"\u003eRobin Reckitt\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"727\" data-start=\"375\"\u003eThe scene captures a lively \u003cstrong data-end=\"439\" data-start=\"403\"\u003ewoodland-edge clearing in winter\u003c\/strong\u003e, animated by a rich gathering of \u003cstrong data-end=\"521\" data-start=\"473\"\u003emixed British songbirds and woodland species\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a \u003cstrong data-end=\"569\" data-start=\"530\"\u003eEuropean Robin (Erithacus rubecula)\u003c\/strong\u003e placed prominently as the central focal point. Executed in \u003cstrong data-end=\"653\" data-start=\"629\"\u003ewatercolour on paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, the work is presented \u003cstrong data-end=\"704\" data-start=\"677\"\u003ebehind protective glass\u003c\/strong\u003e in its original frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"775\" data-start=\"729\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"970\" data-start=\"777\"\u003e🖌️ \u003cstrong data-end=\"808\" data-start=\"781\"\u003eComposition \u0026amp; Technique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"811\" data-start=\"808\"\u003eA beautifully balanced and highly accomplished multi-figure composition, depicting \u003cstrong data-end=\"922\" data-start=\"894\"\u003eover 30 individual birds\u003c\/strong\u003e arranged within a convincing natural habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1312\" data-start=\"972\"\u003eThe robin, perched on a tree stump in the foreground, anchors the scene, while surrounding species—pheasant, blackbird, thrush, finches, tits, wagtail, sparrows, swallow, martin and others—are shown \u003cstrong data-end=\"1216\" data-start=\"1171\"\u003efeeding, perching, calling, and in flight\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating an energetic yet harmonious impression of a \u003cstrong data-end=\"1309\" data-start=\"1271\"\u003emixed-species winter feeding flock\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1716\" data-start=\"1314\"\u003eThe landscape is handled in \u003cstrong data-end=\"1370\" data-start=\"1342\"\u003esoft, atmospheric washes\u003c\/strong\u003e, while the birds are rendered with \u003cstrong data-end=\"1441\" data-start=\"1406\"\u003ecrisper, finely observed detail\u003c\/strong\u003e, demonstrating Reckitt’s control of form, plumage, and movement. Stylistically, the work sits \u003cstrong data-end=\"1641\" data-start=\"1536\"\u003efirmly in the tradition of Archibald Thorburn and the great British school of ornithological painting\u003c\/strong\u003e, combining painterly atmosphere with accurate natural history observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1764\" data-start=\"1718\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2188\" data-start=\"1766\"\u003e🐦 \u003cstrong data-end=\"1802\" data-start=\"1769\"\u003eSpecies Depicted (Identified)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1805\" data-start=\"1802\"\u003eThe artist assembles a convincing and entirely British woodland community. The central focal bird is the \u003cstrong data-end=\"1928\" data-start=\"1910\"\u003eEuropean Robin\u003c\/strong\u003e, supported in the foreground by a \u003cstrong data-end=\"1989\" data-start=\"1963\"\u003eCommon Pheasant (cock)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2018\" data-start=\"1991\"\u003eCommon Blackbird (male)\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-end=\"2039\" data-start=\"2024\"\u003eSong Thrush\u003c\/strong\u003e, with typical ground and hedgerow companions including \u003cstrong data-end=\"2106\" data-start=\"2095\"\u003eDunnock\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2116\" data-start=\"2108\"\u003eWren\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2134\" data-start=\"2118\"\u003ePied Wagtail\u003c\/strong\u003e, and multiple \u003cstrong data-end=\"2167\" data-start=\"2149\"\u003eHouse Sparrows\u003c\/strong\u003e(male and female).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2502\" data-start=\"2190\"\u003eFinch species are strongly represented, including \u003cstrong data-end=\"2260\" data-start=\"2240\"\u003eBullfinch (male)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2282\" data-start=\"2262\"\u003eChaffinch (male)\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2306\" data-start=\"2284\"\u003eEuropean Goldfinch\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-end=\"2326\" data-start=\"2312\"\u003eGreenfinch\u003c\/strong\u003e. Among the woodland flock are several tit species—\u003cstrong data-end=\"2390\" data-start=\"2377\"\u003eGreat Tit\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2404\" data-start=\"2392\"\u003eBlue Tit\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2425\" data-start=\"2406\"\u003eLong-tailed Tit\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a smaller black-capped tit consistent with \u003cstrong data-end=\"2499\" data-start=\"2474\"\u003eCoal Tit or Marsh Tit\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2877\" data-start=\"2504\"\u003eTree and undergrowth details include a \u003cstrong data-end=\"2558\" data-start=\"2543\"\u003eTreecreeper\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong data-end=\"2584\" data-start=\"2562\"\u003eSpotted Flycatcher\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a small leaf-warbling species consistent with \u003cstrong data-end=\"2667\" data-start=\"2636\"\u003eChiffchaff \/ Willow Warbler\u003c\/strong\u003e. The upper register includes birds in motion and flight, notably \u003cstrong data-end=\"2744\" data-start=\"2733\"\u003eSwallow\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"2765\" data-start=\"2749\"\u003eHouse Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside a larger pigeon-type bird consistent with \u003cstrong data-end=\"2847\" data-start=\"2819\"\u003eStock Dove or Woodpigeon\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a perched \u003cstrong data-end=\"2874\" data-start=\"2863\"\u003eJackdaw\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3076\" data-start=\"2879\"\u003eIn total, the painting depicts \u003cstrong data-end=\"2938\" data-start=\"2910\"\u003eover 30 individual birds\u003c\/strong\u003e, representing approximately \u003cstrong data-end=\"2992\" data-start=\"2967\"\u003e22–25 British species\u003c\/strong\u003e, arranged as a lively and believable \u003cstrong data-end=\"3075\" data-start=\"3030\"\u003emixed-species winter feeding congregation\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3124\" data-start=\"3078\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3439\" data-start=\"3126\"\u003e🧑🎨 \u003cstrong data-end=\"3186\" data-start=\"3132\"\u003eAbout the Artist — Robin Reckitt (British, b.1928)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"3189\" data-start=\"3186\"\u003eRobin Reckitt is a respected British wildlife artist and illustrator, particularly known for his \u003cstrong data-end=\"3341\" data-start=\"3286\"\u003ebird paintings and ornithological illustration work\u003c\/strong\u003e, including contributions associated with \u003cstrong data-end=\"3409\" data-start=\"3383\"\u003eBirdLife International\u003c\/strong\u003e and published field guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3883\" data-start=\"3441\"\u003eBefore becoming a professional artist, he served in the \u003cstrong data-end=\"3516\" data-start=\"3497\"\u003eRoyal Artillery\u003c\/strong\u003e and later worked for \u003cstrong data-end=\"3547\" data-start=\"3538\"\u003eShell\u003c\/strong\u003e. He subsequently retrained as an artist and became professionally active from the late 1970s, exhibiting widely in the UK and contributing illustrations to books and conservation publications. He has been associated with the \u003cstrong data-end=\"3793\" data-start=\"3773\"\u003eFosseway Artists\u003c\/strong\u003e and other regional art societies, and his work is held in numerous private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4067\" data-start=\"3885\"\u003eHis paintings are admired for their \u003cstrong data-end=\"3979\" data-start=\"3921\"\u003eaccuracy, sensitivity to habitat, and quiet naturalism\u003c\/strong\u003e—qualities that are especially evident in this early and ambitious \u003cstrong data-end=\"4054\" data-start=\"4046\"\u003e1973\u003c\/strong\u003e composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4115\" data-start=\"4069\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4214\" data-start=\"4117\"\u003e✍️ \u003cstrong data-end=\"4130\" data-start=\"4120\"\u003eSigned\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"4133\" data-start=\"4130\"\u003eSigned \u003cstrong data-end=\"4159\" data-start=\"4140\"\u003e“Robin Reckitt”\u003c\/strong\u003e lower left, and \u003cstrong data-end=\"4201\" data-start=\"4176\"\u003etitled and dated 1973\u003c\/strong\u003e lower right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4262\" data-start=\"4216\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4395\" data-start=\"4264\"\u003e🖼️ \u003cstrong data-end=\"4278\" data-start=\"4268\"\u003eFramed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"4281\" data-start=\"4278\"\u003ePresented in its \u003cstrong data-end=\"4330\" data-start=\"4298\"\u003eoriginal glazed wooden frame\u003c\/strong\u003e, which complements the subject beautifully and is ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4443\" data-start=\"4397\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4514\" data-start=\"4445\"\u003e📏 \u003cstrong data-end=\"4471\" data-start=\"4448\"\u003eDimensions (Framed)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"4474\" data-start=\"4471\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"4514\" data-start=\"4474\"\u003e61 cm (H) × 50.5 cm (W) × 2.5 cm (D)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4562\" data-start=\"4516\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5141\" data-start=\"4564\"\u003e🏷️ \u003cstrong data-end=\"4582\" data-start=\"4568\"\u003eProvenance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"4585\" data-start=\"4582\"\u003eThis painting has a clear, layered, and well-documented modern provenance: \u003cstrong data-end=\"4683\" data-start=\"4660\"\u003eThe Loquens Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Minories, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon (original gallery label verso); \u003cstrong data-end=\"4792\" data-start=\"4766\"\u003ePrivate Collection, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong data-end=\"4818\" data-start=\"4794\"\u003eKinghams Auctioneers\u003c\/strong\u003e, Moreton-in-Marsh, sold as \u003cstrong data-end=\"4857\" data-start=\"4846\"\u003eLot 326\u003c\/strong\u003e, Fine \u0026amp; Decorative Arts Sale, \u003cstrong data-end=\"4901\" data-start=\"4888\"\u003eJuly 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e, catalogued as \u003cem data-end=\"5022\" data-start=\"4917\"\u003eRobin Reckitt (British, b.1928), “Rubecula and other birds”, signed, titled and dated 1973, watercolour\u003c\/em\u003e; subsequently acquired and \u003cstrong data-end=\"5097\" data-start=\"5050\"\u003ecurated by Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD\u003c\/strong\u003e, specialists in fine and decorative arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5237\" data-start=\"5143\"\u003eThis gives the work a \u003cstrong data-end=\"5236\" data-start=\"5165\"\u003esecure, traceable, and verifiable position in the art market record\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5285\" data-start=\"5239\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5789\" data-start=\"5287\"\u003e💖 \u003cstrong data-end=\"5312\" data-start=\"5290\"\u003eWhy You’ll Love It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"5315\" data-start=\"5312\"\u003e✅ A large, richly detailed multi-species British bird composition\u003cbr data-end=\"5383\" data-start=\"5380\"\u003e✅ Early dated work (\u003cstrong data-end=\"5411\" data-start=\"5403\"\u003e1973\u003c\/strong\u003e) by a recognised wildlife illustrator\u003cbr data-end=\"5452\" data-start=\"5449\"\u003e✅ Strongly in the \u003cstrong data-end=\"5505\" data-start=\"5470\"\u003etradition of Archibald Thorburn\u003c\/strong\u003e and the classic British ornithological school\u003cbr data-end=\"5554\" data-start=\"5551\"\u003e✅ Over \u003cstrong data-end=\"5573\" data-start=\"5561\"\u003e30 birds\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"5593\" data-start=\"5578\"\u003e20+ species\u003c\/strong\u003e in one beautifully balanced scene\u003cbr data-end=\"5630\" data-start=\"5627\"\u003e✅ From a \u003cstrong data-end=\"5661\" data-start=\"5639\"\u003eprivate collection\u003c\/strong\u003e and curated by \u003cstrong data-end=\"5713\" data-start=\"5677\"\u003eCheshire Antiques Consultant LTD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"5716\" data-start=\"5713\"\u003e✅ Clear provenance including gallery label and published auction record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5837\" data-start=\"5791\"\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6095\" data-start=\"5839\"\u003e🔍 \u003cstrong data-end=\"5862\" data-start=\"5842\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"5865\" data-start=\"5862\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"5878\" data-start=\"5865\"\u003ePainting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good vintage condition, with fresh, unfaded colour and no visible damage, tears, or staining observed.\u003cbr data-end=\"5989\" data-start=\"5986\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"5999\" data-start=\"5989\"\u003eFrame:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original, showing light surface wear, minor scuffs and age-related marks consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6275\" 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