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Dead Plover

John Hancock (1808-1890)

Category

Natural History / Taxidermy

Date

1851

Materials

Glass display dome with taxidermy Plover

Measurements

280 mm (H); 370 mm (W)

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Collection

Cragside, Northumberland

NT 1229339

Caption

Hancock was particularly upset by the everyday carnage of wild birds in the 19th century and campaigned vigorously for protection and more enlightened attitudes. He set up a number of dead birds as poignant displays, intended to tug at sentimental Victorian heartstrings. This grey plover is one example. A group of dead grouse and a dying gull being attended by its distressed mate were two of the tableau that he showed at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Summary

Stuffed Plover ('Dead Plover'), by John Hancock (1809-1890). Dated 1851. This item may be one of Hancock's Great Exhibition exhibits, as it bears a label reading "no. 7". Under a glass dome on a circular base.

Provenance

Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).

Makers and roles

John Hancock (1808-1890), taxidermist

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