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).
Lot 204 - Taxidermy: A Large Cased Great Grey Owl (Strix...
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
Lot 259 - Taxidermy: A Cased Verreaux's Eagle (Aquila...
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000