Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Diorama of Woodcock and Snipe, by James Gardner, Furrier and Plumassier, 52, High Holburn, WC, London, a full mount adult Woodcock in stooped position upon a painted rock, together with a Common Snipe and Jack Snipe, all amidst a natural setting of ferns, tall dry grasses and fauna, set against a watercolour painted sky back drop, enclosed within a typical period ebonised three-glass display case, 61cm by 15cm by 33cm, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso. 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