Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901-1979), Waxwings, gouache, 20.5 x 18.5cm.; 8 x 7.25in, together with a letter of authentification from the sister of the artist - Dorothy Downes. * Tunnicliffe's pictures are anatomically immaculate yet often especially the early etchings have great atmosphere. He won a scholarship to Macclesfield School of Art; then Manchester School of Art 1915-21 preceding a Royal Exhibition Scholarship to the Royal College of Art 1921. His work was bought by the British Museum Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston and by overseas collections. He won the gold medal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 1975. Tunnicliffe was a hugely prolific illustrator of books about the country and had a long association with Henry Williamson author of Tarka the Otter 1932. Tunnicliffe's own publications included My Country Book 1942; Mereside Chronicle 1948 and A Sketchbook of Birds 1979.