Noel William Cusa (1909-1990), Royal Albatross, signed, gallery label - 'Mall Galleries' inscribed on verso, watercolour, 27.5 x 43.5cm.; 11 x 17in. * He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from University College, Nottingham, 1930, obtaining his doctorate, 1933. Was a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists from 1965, becoming its chairman, also a member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts showing regularly at both venues, in the provinces and abroad. British Museum and Natural History Museum hold his work, which also appeared in a number of books on birds.