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Walter Potter's curious world of taxidermy
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Walter Potter's curious world of taxidermy

by Pat Morris, Joanna Ebenstein, Peter Blake

This volume documents a unique Victorian taxidermy collection, featuring anthropomorphic dioramas and animal curios originally housed in a Sussex museum. It records the dispersed works through detailed photographs of the eccentric legacy.

Accession 12344 ISBN 9781472109507 Publisher Constable
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Enter Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter's fantasy world of rabbit schoolchildren, cigar-smoking squirrels and exemplary feline etiquette at the kittens' tea party..

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