Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus), circa 1870-1900,...

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus), circa 1870-1900, a full mount adult cockbird with head turning to the right, perched upon a small moss covered tree stump, amidst a natural setting of tall grasses and fauna, set against a wash painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised pine framed single-glass display case with gilded moulding, 48cm by 18cm by 60cm

. Horizontal crack to back board, 21/06/21