17th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Natural History & Taxidermy
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Taxidermy: A Wall Cased Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), captive bred, dated 2024, by A.J. Armitstead, Taxidermist & Naturalist, Darlington, Co Durham, a high quality full mount adult, with head turning slightly to the right, perched upon a small tree stump, amidst natural grasses and reeds, mounted above floating soil covered groundwork, set against a watercolour painted dusk scene back drop, enclosed within an oak framed wall hanging five-glass display case, 38cm by 14cm by 50cm excluding outer frame, signed and dated to interior lower right, bearing taxidermist's full paper trade label to verso
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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