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Walter Potter's taxidermy collection, once displayed in a private museum, was sadely dispersed despite a last-ditch attempt to maintain its integrity. Now the acknowledged leading historian of taxidermy, Pat Morris, presents a well-illustrated account of the history of the collection at its different locations. Now popular among installation artists, including Peter Blake, Potter's somewhat twee tableaux are held in increasingly high esteem.
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WALTER POTTER AND HIS MUSEUM OF CURIOUS TAXIDERMY. By P.A. Morris.
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Published by the author. MPM, Ascot, Berkshire. 2008, 2008
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 4to paperback (210 x 280mm). Pp104. Colour and b/w photographs and b/w illustrations throughout. A very good paperback first edition. Walter Potter (1835-1918) was a country taxidermist of no great expertise, but he and the little museum he created became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy. He created a fantasy world in taxidermy, where rabbits went to school, kittens played croquet and squirrels drank port in their smart club. These tableaux included his recreation of the Death and Burial of Cock Robin, probably the most famous item of Victorian taxidermy. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of taxidermy, including multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs and a bewildering assortment of general curios. The museum was moved to other sites, ending up at Jamaica Inn in Cornwall, where it was finally sold and dispersed in 2003. This book tells what little is known about Potter and documents the history of his museum, as well as providing a permanent record of the collection. There is also a hardbound edition which has an additional 8 pages listing newspaper and magazine references to Potter's museum, details of over 150 post-cards of Potter's pieces, and a "gallery" of additional images of his work. This is not included in the paperbound edition. . Seller Inventory # 25124
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Paper covers. Condition: As new. No Jacket. 1st edition. As new. History of the extraordinary collection of Walter Potter's animal displays, whose quintessential Victorian charm failed to persuade the curators of the V & A and whose subsequent dispersal was a great loss of a truly unique collection. 104 pages, lavishly illustrated in colour. Weight: 1 Language: English. Seller Inventory # 4416
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