Pintail Pursuit at Sunrise (Ten Drake Pintails Courting a Single Female)

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An oil painting on canvas of a group of nine pintails flying (left to right) across a sunset sky. Pale blue sky, pale yellow sun in centre. Reeds at bottom.
The white wooden frame measures 744 x 1047 x 48mm.
Bird.

Nature in Art

Gloucester

Title

Pintail Pursuit at Sunrise (Ten Drake Pintails Courting a Single Female)

Date

1987

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 90 x W 59.7 cm

Accession number

1990.357

Acquisition method

gift from the Trustees of the Peter Scott Will Trust, 1990

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signed and dated 1987

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Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 9PA England

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