Kestrel
Thomas Mutlow Williams
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Taxidermy kestrel and vegetal
Place of origin
Oxford Street
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287772.2
Summary
A stuffed kestrel (possibly a Merlin), one of two made by T.M. Williams and contained in a small black painted oak taxidermy display case with a glass front and the interior painted pale blue. This is the kestral mounted on a branch.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Thomas Mutlow Williams, taxidermist