Taxidermy display
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Display case of taxidermy birds
Measurements
815 x 1655 x 285 mm
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109050
Summary
A glass display case containing a red kite, a goshawk, a squacco heron, a hawfinch, a pratincole, a crake and a small wader. The birds are mounted on rocks and surrounded by plants. The interior back of the case is painted as sky.
Provenance
Purchased in 1987 by the National Trust from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).