Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Arctic Terns (Sterna...
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea), dated 1898, a pair of full mount juveniles, one stood upon pebble covered ground work with head turning to the right, the other above in swooping pose with wings outstretched, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses and fauna, set against a wash painted interior, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass table display case, 49cm by 18cm by 38cm, hand written in pencil to verso - "Shot by G. Russell, at ?? 1898"
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Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea), dated 1898, a pair of full mount juveniles, one stood upon pebble covered ground work with head turning to the right, the other above in swooping pose with wings outstretched, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses and fauna, set against a wash painted interior, enclosed within a typical period ebonised single-glass table display case, 49cm by 18cm by 38cm, hand written in pencil to verso - "Shot by G. Russell, at ?? 1898"
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