Taxidermy: A Cased Roach (Rutilus rutilus), dated 1893, by W. Barnes, 30 Lesly Street,...
Taxidermy: A Cased Roach (Rutilus rutilus), dated 1893, by W. Barnes, 30 Lesly Street, Barnsbury, Islington, North London, a skin mount preserved and mounted in a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled river bed, mounted against a pale blue painted back drop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted three-glass display case with verre eglomise border, 49.5cm by 15cm by 31.5cm, taxidermist's full paper trade label to interior upper left, paper legend to interior upper right ''Roach, taken by Mr J, Cooper at Amberley, Oct 1893, weight 1lb 14½ ozs''.