How to buy Taxidermy The practicalities and the buying options.How to buy taxidermy. How to buy taxidermy: From dealers and…
thevelvetdrawingroom15 December 2024
Taxidermy is fashionable again, but today, it's much less about aspiring to be like the aristocratic classes; it's much more…
thevelvetdrawingroom12 December 2024
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe and the Magic of Calke Abbey I walked through the doors at Calke Abbey and immediately…
thevelvetdrawingroom12 December 2024
The Zoo Animals' Story The Zoo Animals story is a long one. If you've ever wondered how animals from far…
thevelvetdrawingroom10 December 2024
The ZSL Library and archive at Regents Park, London contains a range of records that are of interest to researchers.…
thevelvetdrawingroom10 December 2024
History of the ZSL For the whole of the 19th century the ZSL referred to its zoo as “The Menagerie”.…
thevelvetdrawingroom9 December 2024
120 & 191 Wardour Street, London The firm of Henry James Burton & Son, Wardour Street, London W Henry James…
thevelvetdrawingroom16 November 2024
I discovered that the customer who commissioned the cats from Walter Burton FZS lived at the historic Gosfield Hall in…
thevelvetdrawingroom14 November 2024
Walter Burton FZS (1854-1913) Naturalist, Taxidermist, Entomologist 1913 was the year that DH Lawrence published “Sons and Lovers” and Emily…
thevelvetdrawingroom13 November 2024
