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Friday, September 13, 2013

Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy





The curious world of Walter Potter – in pictures

Walter Potter (1835-1918) was an amateur taxidermist who built tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy. A new book by historian of taxidermy Dr Pat Moris and New York-based artist and curator Joanna Ebenstein seeks to preserve and celebrate the now-dispersed collection with new photographs of his best-loved works