Taxidermy display
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bird, wood, glass and vegetal
Measurements
Height 420 mm; Width 632 mm; Depth 206 mm
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298160
Summary
A glazed wooden case containing an immature herring gull (collected in North America) and a water rail, the gull mounted on a plinth with ferns and mosses, against a painted blue background. Part of Lord Egerton's collection formerly displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)