Taxidermy: An Impressive Large Late Victorian Cased Diorama of Duck & Geese, dated 1879, by James Gardner, 1844-1917, Bird & Animal Preserver, 52 High Holburn, W.C, and 29, late 426 Oxford Street, a high quality diorama of various wading birds to include - Canada Goose, Snow Goose, Scaup Duck, Gadwall Duck and Swamp Bittern, all mounted upon a large painted rockscape, amidst a natural setting of tall thick undergrowth and tall grasses, set against a graduated pale blue / pink sky back drop, enclosed within a large typical period ebonised three-glass display case, 157cm by 35.5cm by 104cm, taxidermist's small full paper trade label to interior lower right, together with a large full paper trade label to the verso, bearing label to interior - Southern States of North America, Canada Goose, Snow Goose, Scaup Duck, Gadwall and Swamp Bittern, shot by T. Parkin, in January and February, 1879, at Galveston Bay, Texas, U.S.A. The company of James Gardner was known as a purveyor of very high quality diorama cases and held Royal Warrants for Her Majesty Queen Victoria, The Royal Families of England & France and His Highness The Khedive of Egypt, thus establishing their name in the annals of taxidermy history.