Modern British & 20th Century Art - 2nd June 2026
Lot 35
Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA, RWS (1869-1955)
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £7620
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Description
Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA, RWS (1869-1955)
Salmon River
Signed and dated S.J. Lamorna Birch 1934 (lower right)
Oil on canvas
50.9 x 61cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK;
By whom sold, Bonhams, London, 20th Century British Art, 12 March 2008, lot 79
The present work was probably painted in May in either Devonshire or Cornwall prior to the artist's annual fishing and painting trip to the Scottish Highlands.