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  Bird, Art, Tropical, Channel-billed Toucan, Harry Bright, Antique Watercolor, 1867 (Sold)

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  Harry Y. Bright (act. 1867-1897)
  [Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos Vitellinus)]
  British: 1867
  Watercolor and gouache
  Signed lower right: H.Y. Bright. 1867
  16.5 x 12.5 inches, sight size
  16.75 x 12.75 inches, overall
  20.5 x 16.50 inches, in gilt frame
  Provenance: Spink, London (with their label); Estate of Sir Edwin A.G. Manton

  Detailed and colorful natural history watercolor painting of a Channel-billed Toucan, a widespread species in the northern and central portion of South America, including all of Amazonia. The colorful bird is easily identifiable by its orange breast, red chest, blue eye and black bill with yellow ring. The artist shows it perched on a branch on a tree with plains receding into the distance.

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  Category: Archive: Sold NatureTags: 19th century, antique, art, bird, birds, british, channel billed, harry bright, natural history art, ornithological, ornithology, painting, raphastos, toucan, victorian, watercolor

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  Harry Y. Bright was a British artist known for his ornithological and natural history paintings, especially of small songbirds. He produced watercolors, oils and illustrations, including the books Birds and Blossom (1879) and The ABC of Pretty Birdies (1896). His father, Henry Bright (1810-1873), was also a painter.

  This painting was previously in the collection of Sir Edwin A.G. Manton, an insurance company executive and patron of the arts. At his death, AIG referred to him as one of the company’s “founding fathers” who had taken a leading role in building the company over many decades. A major benefactor of the Tate Gallery, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 for his philanthropy.

  References:

  “Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus).” The Internet Bird Collection. http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/channel-billed-toucan-ramphastos-vitellinus/tucano-de-bico-preto (3 December 2012).

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  Century	19th C. Birds

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