Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, OBE RA 1901-1979, 'Brown trout rising to a fly', watercolour, signed, 35cm x 49cm Gifted to Len Whitehead of Whitehead Brothers Printers in Wolverhampton in 1962 by the artist. Included is a letter from Tunnicliffe to Whitehead detailing how he would like it to be framed and how it would be packed for posting. it has since been re-framed according to the original instructions by a professional picture framer in Mid Wales. The Whitehead Brothers made prints for Charles Tunnicliffe and the two became friends, as evidenced by other letters which are now the property of the Tunnicliffe society. May be subject to artist resale right levy

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (Langley, Macclesfield 1901-1979 Anglesey) A farm labourer and a vet with a bullock pen and black ink, on scraperboard, unframed 4½ x 4½ in. (11.4 x 11.4 cm.); and A drawing of the head of a gazelle by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (2) Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. Scraperboard is a technique where drawings are created using sharp knives and tools scratched into a thin layer of white China clay that is coated with black indian ink.

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979) Pintail quartet signed 'C.F. Tunnicliffe' (lower right) pencil and watercolour 14 3/8 x 25¼ in. (36.5 x 64.2 cm.) Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. Welsh Arts Council, 1981.

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979) Berner spiegel schanz inscribed 'BERNER SPIEGEL SCHANZ./A very elegant pigeon. The tail/markings are wrong - it should/be spotted as in Oriental frills,/but the bird's conformation is correct' (lower centre) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, unframed 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm.)

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979) A collection of studies of animals and birds, including puffins and lions some signed and some stamped with artist's studio stamp pencil, some with watercolour and bodycolour, on tracing paper, two on paper, unframed 19¾ x 28½ in. (50.3 x 72.5 cm.); and smaller a quantity