Ebook {Epub PDF} Walter Potter and His Museum of Curious Taxidermy by Pat Morris

Walter Potter (), a country taxidermist of no great expertise, became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs and a bewildering assortment of curios. Closed in the '70s, the museum was variously re-established before being auctioned off in /5(43).  · Self-trained, Potter was one of the most famous Victorian taxidermists of this style, displaying his creations in his museum in his hometown of Bramber, West www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.  · Potter’s collection was a unique example of whimsical nineteenth century social history, the like of which we will not see again. Pat Morris has known the collection for more than 60 years and served as an advisor to its last owners. He now owns a few core items from the collection, some of which may well put in an appearance during his talk.

"Walter Potter was a young lad living in Sussex [in south-east England] in the 19th Century," explains Pat Morris, historian and author of the book Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy. Getting Mr. Potter's work to Brooklyn has been something of a personal quest for Ms. Ebenstein, the co-author, with Pat Morris, of the book "Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy. Welcome to Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter#;s fantasy world of rabbit schoolchildren, cigar-smoking squirrels and exemplary feline etiquette in Walter Potter#;s Curious World of Taxidermy#; #;Walter Potter (#;), a British country.

(From the introduction by the author, Pat Morris, ). by P.A. Morris. The first edition was issued in both hardback and paperback. A popular book that has since ran to several editions. A fine unread copy of the hardback issue of the first edition. Walter Potter () was an amateur taxidermist who built tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy. Biologist Pat Morris and Joanna Ebenstein, Morbid Anatomy blogger, deliver an engaging if macabre catalog of the oeuvre of Walter Potter (), Victorian master of the art of taxidermy. Slightly older than Beatrix (but no relation) Potter taught himself to preserve lifeless animals at a young age, posing them in dioramas for his sister’s amusement.