R900
THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C. G. FINCH-DAVIES (Limited Edition) by C. G. Finch-Davies & Dr. Alan Kemp
Fo, 311pp. Original hardcover binding, with black lettering to spine, and plate inlaid onto front board. With frontispiece and 99 colour plates, collated and complete. Book comes in slipcase, which has title of book and colour illustration on front. With a loosely inserted brochure giving a synopsis of the book, and a letter from the publisher. An extended biography of the artist is included in the text.
Limited edition of 5000 copies, of which this is no. 1811
Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (24 May 1875 – 4 August 1920) was a British soldier, ornithologist and painter who produced a series of paintings of birds of South Africa in the early part of the 20th century. As a professional soldier Davies was posted to various remote places in the Eastern Cape, and this fostered an interest in natural history and in particular, birdlife. Within a year or two, he was collecting bird specimens and starting sketches and paintings. In his field sketchbooks he provided copious notes about each species he illustrated - at first his own field observations, but later augmented by information culled from books and scientific journals. His style of painting rapidly evolved to show great detail in the plumage while retaining a lifelike appearance. By 1905 he had produced some 200 paintings of consistently high quality.
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