Partridge
Rowland Ward (1848 - 1912)
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1924
Materials
Bird, Glass, Vegetal, Dough
Measurements
426 x 400 x 266 mm
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271451.2
Summary
A partridge in a taxidermy display containing two colour morph partridges, a young female "Perdix montana" and an adult male bird, mounted on an earthen type base, in typical Rowland Ward glass case. Labelled 'Shot at Shugborough, January 1924'
Marks and inscriptions
Labelled 'Perdix Monlaria (young female) shot in the park at Shugborough Spetember 1923 and adult male killed from a covey of seventeen ordinary partridges January 1924'
Makers and roles
Rowland Ward (1848 - 1912), taxidermist