THE CICELY LUSHINGTON ARCHIVE - AN EXTRAORDINARY STUDY OF THE BIRDS OF CEYLON BY THE ORNITHOLOGIST CICELY LUSHINGTON (1903-1987)
comprising: a working draft of 'Bird Life in Ceylon', three folios containing 74 large format watercolours, approximately 40 sketches and a small quantity of a single sheet article by Lushington titled 'Memories of Birdwatching on Tea Estates'; sold together with a quantity of related paperwork including three newsletters from the Ceylon Bird Club, a letter to Lushington from the British Embassy in Nepal and Salvin, Osbert: Exotic Ornithology Part X, April 1st 1869, in brown paper wraps
A collection of ceramics by Cicely Lushington will be included in our upcoming Interiors auction on the 30th June.
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£2,000 - £3,000
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£5,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: Cicely Lushington (1903-1987) was an English ornithologist, born and raised in Ceylon (today's Sri Lanka) who, as Cicely Kershaw (her Maiden name), wrote and illustrated 'Familiar birds of Ceylon'.
She was only 22 when this work was published in 1925. Later, under her married name Lushington, she published Bird life in Ceylon (1949) and illustrated the four volumes of Birds of Ceylon (1949-1961), written by W. W. A. Phillips.
A collection of ceramics by Cicely Lushington will be included in our upcoming Interiors auction on the 30th June.
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