Trophy Atlantic Salmon Model

Lot 307

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Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more

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The Sporting Sale 2018, Day 2 by Copley Fine Art Auctions

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The Sporting Sale 2018, Day 2

By Copley Fine Art Auctions

Jul 20, 2018

Set Reminder 2018-07-20 10:00:00 2018-07-20 10:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : The Sporting Sale 2018, Day 2 https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/copley/the-sporting-sale-2018-day-2-3302 On July 19, Copley Fine Art Auctions will lead off their annual Sporting Sale with 140 lots from the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Collection of Important American Sporting Art and Decoys. On July 20 Copley will present an additional 425 lots of decoys, fish carvings, and sporting art. Copley Fine Art Auctions cinnie@copleyart.com

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Lot Description

Trophy Atlantic Salmon
John Tully (1862-1931) and Dhuie Tully (1862-1950) Fochabers, Scotland 48 1/2 in. long

According to Swanson, "This Tully model from Gordon's Castle's famous 'Smoking Room' is a copy of the Spey's 53 lb. record caught by W. G. Craven in October 1897."

John Tully learned his trade by apprenticing for the master fish carver John B. Russell (1819-1893), one of the founding fathers of trophy fish carving. In the 1870s, Russell had a studio in Fochabers, a village on the east bank of the river Spey. He carved and painted life-size models of trophy salmon until his death in 1893. Tully married Russell’s daughter, Isabella "Dhuie" (1862-1950), and it was Dhuie that painted nearly all of her husband John’s carvings. John, the carver, and Dhuie, the painter, were one of the finest artisan duos to have ever worked in the carved and painted wood tradition.

Provenance: Ronald S. Swanson Collection

Literature: Ronald S. Swanson, "Fish Models, Plaques & Effigies,"Far Hills, NJ, 2009, p. 190, fig. 328, exact fish illustrated.
Ronald S. Swanson, "Grand Cascapedia Giants," Far Hills, NJ, 2005, p. 92, exact fish illustrated. Dixon MacD. Merkt, "Shang," Spanish Fork, UT, 1984.

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