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Auction archive: Lot number 0627

natural History - Extinct Catopterus Fish Model with Sketch by Vernon Edwards

Estimate
£60 - £80
ca. US$77 - US$103
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 0627

natural History - Extinct Catopterus Fish Model with Sketch by Vernon Edwards

Estimate
£60 - £80
ca. US$77 - US$103
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

NATURAL HISTORY - EXTINCT CATOPTERUS FISH MODEL WITH SKETCH BY VERNON EDWARDS Circa 1930 A surface-treated plaster model Catopterus fish with unfinished plaster repair to the tail; a preparatory sketch for the model with dimensions and calculation; two glossy monochrome photographs of the model, one with pencilled notation to the reverse. 143 grams total, model: 15cm (6"). [4, No Reserve] Condition Fair condition, repaired. Provenance From the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of Palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. Literature See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934, wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961, later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994). Footnotes Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as ​ ​The Lost World​ ​ and ​ ​King Kong​ ​ began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920​'​s and 30​'​s. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920​'​s that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to

Auction archive: Lot number 0627
Auction:
Datum:
23 May 2017 - 27 May 2017
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

NATURAL HISTORY - EXTINCT CATOPTERUS FISH MODEL WITH SKETCH BY VERNON EDWARDS Circa 1930 A surface-treated plaster model Catopterus fish with unfinished plaster repair to the tail; a preparatory sketch for the model with dimensions and calculation; two glossy monochrome photographs of the model, one with pencilled notation to the reverse. 143 grams total, model: 15cm (6"). [4, No Reserve] Condition Fair condition, repaired. Provenance From the historic collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd; acquired by Percy Bottley of Gregory, Bottley & Co. in the 1930s; formerly from a historic natural history art collection, the artistic work of Palaeontologist, Commander Vernon Edwards. Literature See Swinton, Dr William Elgin, Monsters of Primeval Days, London, 1931; see also, same author, The Dinosaurs - A Short History of a Great Group of Extinct Reptiles, London, 1934, wherein many of the drawings, models and dioramas created by Edwards are published, described and illustrated (the author at the Natural History Museum, London, 1924-1961, later Director of Life Sciences, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, died 1994). Footnotes Vernon Edwards is credited as being one of the most talented and influential dinosaur model makers of the 20th century. His work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world; it was a major influence on movie producers and early special effects creators, particularly when films such as ​ ​The Lost World​ ​ and ​ ​King Kong​ ​ began to showcase dinosaurs as part of the increasingly popular ‘monster movies’ of the 1920​'​s and 30​'​s. Edwards was born in 1891 into a naval family and attended Weymouth College. In 1914 he joined the navy and served throughout World War One; after the war he found it difficult to adjust to civilian life and, among other professions, tried his hand at farming. His greatest passion was model making, being self taught in art and anatomy, and it was whilst staying with family in Sussex in the early 1920​'​s that he met Dr F.A. Bather, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum. Dr. Bather was impressed by the detailed and accurate models that Edwards was producing and asked him to produce a series of prehistoric models for the British Museum (Natural History), now known as the Natural History Museum. Vernon Edwards was given access to the museum's collections and scientific monographs, so the models he produced were up to

Auction archive: Lot number 0627
Auction:
Datum:
23 May 2017 - 27 May 2017
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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