17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Cased Pair of Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), circa 1856-1888, by W. H. Vingoe, Naturalist, Penzance, Cornwall, a pair of full mount adults, both stood upon typical grit covered groundwork, amidst natural dry grasses, set against a pale pink painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass table display case, 65.5cm by 17.5cm by 35cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper centre
Auction: Natural History & Taxidermy, 17th Apr, 2024
This April, Tennants Auctioneers are delighted to have been instructed to sell the Taxidermy Collection of Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, businessman, British Army officer, botanist, naturalist, ornithologist, horticulturist, art collector and landowner. The majority of the 61 lots are specimens taken by Stephenson Clarke on four hunting trips to Africa between 1909 and 1924 and were mounted by the renowned Rowland Ward Ltd of Piccadilly, London. Several of the lots are recorded in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game (View Press Release).
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Tuesday 16 April 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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