Curlew
Robert Duncan of Newcastle upon Tyne (fl.1837-1909)
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1897
Materials
Display case with taxidermy Curlew
Measurements
405 mm (H); 527 mm (W)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1229448
Summary
Stuffed Curlew, in an ebonised display case with a glazed front, by Robert Duncan of Newcastle upon Tyne. Bears label reading: 'Curlew, mature female shot on the north coast August 1896'. Case is signed and dated by Duncan, 1897.
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).
Marks and inscriptions
Curlew, mature female shot on the north coast August 1896
Makers and roles
Robert Duncan of Newcastle upon Tyne (fl.1837-1909), taxidermist