Sunbird
B. Corbett
Category
Natural History / Taxidermy
Date
1812
Materials
Bird, glass & wood
Measurements
170 x 165 x 108 mm
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584292
Summary
A taxidermy Sunbird and African Firefinch in a black sealed display case with one glass panel.
Provenance
Given with the property to The National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt. [1870 - 1958].
Marks and inscriptions
Front glass bottom left corner.: Small round sticker with 18 wrote on. Back board.: White rectangular label with 966 written on in black ink. Centre of back board.: Gold printed label reads - B Corbett. Animal and Bird Preserver. 2 John Streds , Oxford Street. Internal left side panel.: Handwritten -B . Corbett 1812
Makers and roles
B. Corbett, taxidermist