Archibald Thorburn, F.Z.S.
The Old Eight-Pointer

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The Old Eight-Pointer
ArtistScottish, 1860–1935
CultureScottish
Titles
  • The Old Eight-Pointer
Datebefore 1920, possibly c. 1916-1920
MediumGouache and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 20 1/8 × 14 in. (51.1 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number2017.434
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[James Mackinnon Fine Paintings and Drawings, Midhurst, West Sussex], as of 2017; to MFAH as of September, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible inscriptions
Watermark [none]
Catalogue raisonnéWhile no catalogue raisonné of Thorburn’s work exists he did publish several books and contributed his illustrations to various volumes.

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