LONDON.- Bonhams announce that a beautiful Archibald Thorburn painting entitled ‘The Covey at Daybreak’ will be a highlight of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 27th January 2011, New Bond Street, London. This follows on from the success of the last 19th Century Paintings auction in April, where seven Thorburn paintings sold for a total of £339,600 and two works achieved the highest prices recorded for Thorburn ptarmigan works (£72,000 and £62,400). Both of these works smashed their pre-sale estimates of £15,000-20,000. The painting now offered on the market is exceptionally stunning and unusually large for Thorburn, measuring 68 x 114cm. In excellent condition it has been consigned from a private collection in East Anglia, and appears on the market for the first time since it was purchased from the Thorburn Museum sale in 1993. Thorburn (1860-1935) was a Scottish artist with a life-long love of birds and was Vic