THORBURN, Archibald (1860-1935)

Biography

Born in Dumfries, the son of the miniaturist, Robert Thorburn, A.RA, he went to London where he became a popular illustrator and painter of birds. He was friends with other naturalist-artists like George Lodge and Joseph Wolf under whose influence he came.

For Lord Lifford he illustrated ‘Game Birds and Waterfowl’, ‘British Birds’ and ‘British Mammals’. Although watercolour was his usual medium and birds his usual subjects, occasionally he painted pictures of dogs and deer. He exhibited 16 works at the RA and 1 at the SS.

ANTHONY WOODD, Scottish Landscape, Sporting, Military Oils, Watercolours and Prints
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