Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
[Paintings and drawings] [art original] / R. Bruce Horsfall
Collection
Identifier: RF-101-A to RF101-C
Scope and Contents
Mainly gouache paintings (black ink, many with white highlights), some done for Nature magazine. Only items 30 and 75 are full watercolors; 7 items are pencil drawings. All items are on on board except items 8, 13 and 38, which are on paper.
Dates:
1925-1943
[Tropical Birds, group of six plates] / Monogram on each plate "R/B/H"
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 253
Scope and Contents
Six plates illustrating tropical birds in their habitats: Flamingos, Hummingbirds, Quetzals, Cocks of the Rock, Toucans, and Curassom. Inscription: Under each plate "Flamingo - Phoenicopterus/Hummingbird - Calypta helende/Quetzal - Pharamachurus nociano/Cock of the Rock - Rupicold rupicola/Toucan - Ramphastos pisciunrus/Curasson - Craxglobicera" LL "9 + 10." Each plate 2 5/8 x 3 3/8, Created but never used for Nature Magazine.
Dates:
circa 1920s