Archibald Thorburn: Artist and Illustrator | The Prints and Proofs 1889 - 1934 | Waters, D. (2009)

During his career Thorburn and his publishers produced a large number of prints, 203 are listed in this catalogue and it is the main purpose of this book to offer the reader insight into some of the best works Thorburn produced. Whether the reader is an ardent Thorburn collector or has a general interest in countryside pursuits and bird watching, this book contains some of the best images ever produced by a British artist.

As the author and an obsessive collector of Thorburn's work, I have great pleasure in sharing these images through this book. I am not an artist and would not attempt to offer a critique of his work, or comparison with other wildlife artists, but in my opinion he is the best of his genre.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this project and the daunting and perhaps insurmountable challenge of attempting to write some text that would be worthy of standing alongside Thorburn's very impressive images, which in some ways, might have been similar to his challenge back in 1915 when he started to write his own books.