The Spicer Family Were Taxidermists | Naturalists | Furriers | Glovers | Plumassiers | Artists | The business ran from…
thevelvetdrawingroom4 May 2024
E.F. Spicer Taxidermist of Birmingham Above - a postcard image of the E.F. Spicer taxidermy shop at 58 Suffolk Street…
thevelvetdrawingroom26 March 2024
James Gardner's style Brightly coloured backgrounds in watercolour or gouache Well prepared groundwork Ebonised cases, most often 3-sided Label to…
thevelvetdrawingroom22 September 2023
A VICTORIAN DISGRACE The James Gardner business split was a tragic family affair Much of the accepted narrative and accounts…
thevelvetdrawingroom22 September 2023
Mid 1800's James Gardner Senior (b. 1803 d. 1873) who opened the business in Holborn in 1837 was a contemporary…
thevelvetdrawingroom22 September 2023
The firm of Henry Murray of Carnforth 1872-1961 Henry Murray of Carnforth firm was known for his lovely victorian cases…
thevelvetdrawingroom21 August 2023
Henry Murray cases discovered in Barrow museum. The firm of Henry Murray of Carnforth 1872-1961 Henry Murray of Carnforth firm…
thevelvetdrawingroom20 August 2023
THE EXTINCT TASMANIAN TIGER WIPED OUT BY 1936 photo by Dorne Lovegrove The extinct Tasmanian Tiger cased by Henry Murray…
thevelvetdrawingroom18 August 2023
Taxidermist AJ Harris of Enfield This large fox by AJ Harris of Enfield contained in a beautiful original Victorian case…
thevelvetdrawingroom12 August 2023