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Ornithological watercolours. An album containing 40 ornithological watercolours and drawings, by 7 artists, mostly 20th century, comprising: Chloë E. Talbot Kelly (1927-), 31 works: 28 watercolour with pen & black ink and/or gouache, one heightened with gold, 2 pencil, 1 pen & black ink with grey watercolour wash, on paper, card or artist's board, the majority signed (or monogrammed) and dated, several apparently taken from home-made greetings cards (some trimmed), a few laid down, scarce light dust-soiling or minor spots; Richard B. Talbot Kelly (1896-1971), 1 watercolour on paper, monogrammed lower right, faint central crease; Chris Orgill (20th century), 2 watercolour and gouache on paper, signed lower right, one laid down; David Reid Henry (1919-1977), 2 pencil on paper, one unfinished and laid down, each with pencilled artist's name to album page; Henrik Grønvold (1858-1940), 'Red-billed Wood Dove', 1 watercolour and pencil, heightened with bodycolour, on card, signed lower right, numbered 2/5 to lower centre, ink and pencil manuscript annotations and title on verso, short closed tear to upper edge; Cecil Thomas Hodgkinson (1895-1979), 2 watercolour on paper, signed, both lightly toned, backed onto each other; Anne Hughes (20th century), 1 pen & black ink on card, signed and dated 1972, 14.8 x 19.8cm (5 7/8 x 7 1/2ins) and smaller, contained together in a late Victorian photograph album, thick card album leaves (some spotting) with display openings, a few works adhered to support leaf, the majority loosely inserted into album windows, contemporary dark brown morocco, metal fore edge clasp, 23.5 x 20.5cm