Monitor lizard
Rowland Ward Ltd (fl.1867-1912)
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
Unknown
Materials
Monitor lizard skin, wood
Measurements
Width 360 mm; Length 860 mm
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298163
Summary
A taxidermy lizard (thought to be a monitor lizard) mounted on a shaped base covered with fine grit. Label on base showing the specimen was mounted by Rowland Ward, London. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic and other objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)
Makers and roles
Rowland Ward Ltd (fl.1867-1912), taxidermist