This firm traded between 1850-1913 120 Wardour Street 1868-1878 191 Wardour Street 1878-1913 Example work of the Victorian Taxidermist…
thevelvetdrawingroom2 January 2025
The Spicer Family Were Taxidermists | Naturalists | Furriers | Glovers | Plumassiers | Artists | The business ran from…
thevelvetdrawingroom15 December 2024
photo credit: TennantsBoxing Badger Cubs by Peter Spicer Working from his landmark shop in Leamington Spa during the late Victorian…
thevelvetdrawingroom15 December 2024
The menagerie was born in Roman times, but historically only wealthy or titled people had the means to keep animals…
thevelvetdrawingroom7 December 2024
DARWIN, WALLACE AND BUFFON It is impossible to look at the Victorians and the explosion of the interest and awakening…
thevelvetdrawingroom7 December 2024
Today's Taxidermy Revival Taxidermy has come back in from the cold to become ultra chic. Taxidermy animals (including replicas) are…
thevelvetdrawingroom12 December 2024
Decoration of Country Houses with Taxidermy Taxidermy was once a major business in Britain before its final demise in the…
thevelvetdrawingroom7 December 2024
E.F. Spicer Taxidermist of Birmingham Above - a postcard image of the E.F. Spicer taxidermy shop at 58 Suffolk Street…
thevelvetdrawingroom15 December 2024
Hermann Ploucquet's sensational displays and tableaux at the Great Exhibition 1851 stole the show with kittens taking tea, duelling Dormice…
thevelvetdrawingroom7 December 2024
