* MARY HOLDEN BIRD (BRITISH 1889 - 1978), SOUTH MORAR HILLS watercolour on paper, signed; further signed (usual monogram), titled and dated 1928 on label verso 24cm x 35cm Mounted, framed and under glass. Label verso: London Gallery label. Note: Mary Holden Bird (nee Caldwell) was a painter and etcher, mainly of seascapes and landscapes. She studied at Heatherley's School of Fine Art and went on to show at the Fine Art Society, where she had frequent one-man exhibitions, RA, RSW, RBA and Paris Salon. Mary married (16th Sept 1914) the cartoonist Cyril Kenneth Bird, who drew for Punch as ''Fougasse'', his work can still be seen today. She was especially fond of the area around Morar, Scotland, where she came to live and produce much of her well known and loved paintings. One of her transparent-washed watercolours is illustrated in Percy V Bradshaw's book Watercolour: A Truly English Art. Mary Bird - known to her friends as Molly - lived in London for some time, then finally in Morar, Scotland. See also lots 48 & 49.