Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of British Birds, by Lewis Hutton, Naturalist, Plumasier &...
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of British Birds, by Lewis Hutton, Naturalist, Plumasier & Furrier, 2 & 3 Broad Quay, Bristol, a diorama of various birds to include - a Nightjar in flying pose above a Water Rail with a Common Snipe stood upon a painted faux rock ledge above a Common Moorhen, all mounted amidst a natural setting of ferns, tall grasses and fauna, above faux rock work with pebbled groundwork, set against a pale yellow wash painted back board, enclosed within an ebonised three-glass display case, 63cm by 20.5cm by 56cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso