Taxidermy display
attributed to A. S. Hutchinson
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Display case with taxidermy monals and trapogan
Measurements
970 x 1030 x 324 mm
Place of origin
Derby
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109072
Summary
A glass display case containing two Himalayan Monals and a cock Tragopan, plus recumbent Monal, mounted on rocks with plants surrounding them. Paper trade label in bottom right corner stuck to the backing paper, reads 'HUTCHINSON / Naturalist. / Taxidermist to Manchester, Sheffield, / Derby and Oldham Museums. / ZOOLOGICAL STUDIO - / 98 LONDON STREET, DERBY'
Provenance
Purchased in 1987 by the National Trust from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Makers and roles
attributed to A. S. Hutchinson, taxidermist