Articles, tagged with "dioramas", page 3
30th March 2007
Fergus Mentieth Ogilvie
1861-1918
Virtually all the birds collected were obtained between 1879-1914, from Suffolk and Scotland. Suffolk being part of the family home and surrounding area and also the family home located in Barcaldine, near Loch Ceran...
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06th February 2007
A secret diorama is a diorama built in an unexpected place. This gives the diorama a level of not only visual delight but of discovery. And the theme of the diorama can be closely linked to the location which makes it really special.
Many years ago I b...
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Will Kalif
19th December 2006
When to restore and when not to restore?. This is the question that is often posed and seldom answered these days. So many cases seemingly beyond repair now are being split / dismantled and turning up on internet auction sites. It would appear that the...
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15th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Taxidermy Resources by our friends, if you don't find what your looking for then please feel free to contact us. If you also wish to link to us then your taxidermy information shall only be placed in the appropriate class.
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13th December 2006
Pratt & Sons from Brighton West Sussex were perhaps the most prolific and best known Victorian taxidermists in this region. The company was begun by John and Henry Pratt around 1852 and continued until 1952. Perhaps the most auspicious project that broug...
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08th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Bird Taxidermists in the UK and America. This craftsman produces modern egg creations, given that it is now illeagal to collect birds eggs from the wild and also to sell Victorian taxidermy cases that contain real eggs. Therefore...
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04th December 2006
The Museum was established by Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, who spent forty years exploring Africa and Asia and collecting in the UK. Once he'd run out of room in the house, he built a 'Pavilion' alongside. This was opened to family and friends...
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04th December 2006
We get asked to recommend Bird Taxidermists in the UK and America. This taxidermist produces modern creations utlising many of the design features and case building techniques created by the Victorian Taxidermists. This taxidermy art form has changed litt...
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18th November 2006
We have always been interested in creating dioramas, with nest eggs and chicks and to also closely match the birds that associate together and also near as possible the habitat in which they would be likely to be found. The case that is outlined below dem...
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10th November 2006
The Booth Collection
Founded by Edward Thomas Booth, naturalist and keen on all aspects of Natural History. He was born in 1840, to a moneyed family. Early years were spent in education in Brighton and then on to Trinity College Cambridge where is studi...
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04th October 2006
John Alexander Cole 1838-1906
It is suggested that he served as an apprentice to James Gardner in London before establishing is own firm in Norwich. Interesting to note that he did not execute his cases in a Gardner style, preferring the box case, flat...
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28th September 2006
James Gardner, 426 Oxford Street, London. This taxidermy business is thought to have been founded in the 1840's by James Gardner and continued by his son James Gardner. It is thought that a third generation of the same family was also involved as the busi...
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