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Charles
Tunnicliffe Society Established 2005 "To promote greater awareness of the life and work of Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE, RA 1901-1979" |
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For more than forty years Charles Tunnicliffe spent many hours creating a personal
reference collection of measured drawings, accurate to a millimetre, to provide him with
an accurate source reference material for his wonderful paintings of birds and animals.
The drawings were made from dead specimens, sent to him by people who knew about
his skills and dedication as a great wildlife artist.
In 1974 Charles agreed, with the support and encouragement of Kyffin Williams, to let a
large part of the collection to be put on show in a special Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
