Peacocks?

Blog Post #4

This is the other half of one of the opening comments of this blog…

So we have to go way back to one of the first Wallace Nutting auctions that my wife and I went to. I was just starting to get involved with Davidson pictures, and there at the preview was a Davidson picture of a Peacock! Well, I was the high bidder and I do remember it went for more than I was comfortable spending. Like I said, rare animals brought high prices.

“Sitting Pretty” was the title, and it was done in sepia tone. Later that day and that night at dinner the conversation over the picture continued. Where did Davidson take that picture? A zoo? The zoo at Roger Williams park? Which made sense considering the parks connection to Davidson. It was brought up that it just might have been someone who had a Peacock in a pen in their back yard. Was the answer that uninteresting? It wasn’t. But it was years before I had the answer.

It was 2012 when I was fortunate enough to have purchased a box of pictures that Davidson took at “The Flower Shows”??? I knew nothing about flower shower pictures! In amongst all these fabulous colored garden scenes were pictures of Peacocks. Evidently one of the horticulturists participating in an annual flower show had brought along two Peacocks to enhance their display.

Just discovering The Flower Show pictures was exciting, but finding the picture of the Peacocks was an extra bonus. The interesting thing about all these pictures is that some of them were done in black and white.

I do have some extra Peacock pictures, so I would be in a position to sell off some of these. This would be a rare addition to your David Davidson collection. Email me if interested. I am just offering these to blog members.

The Flower Show Picture?? This is a story for another day…