Jay in the elder tree
1961.
An original scraperboard drawing. 18 x 23cm. Signed and dated in the lower right hand corner and annotated to the rear. In very good condition indeed, top edge a little shiny.
From p. 44, chapter 4 of The Birds of the Lonely Lake, published by Ernest Benn in 1961. "Soon they were in the elder tree above the nest, beside the stream."
The Birds of the Lonely Lake is a description of bird life during a typical year, when BB was in charge of a bird sanctuary on the shores of Lake Coniston.
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