Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of South American Tropical Birds

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of South American Tropical Birds, circa 1860-1900, by George Saville, High Art Taxidermist, Brighton, Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of South American Tropical Birds, circa 1860-1900, by George Saville, High Art Taxidermist, Brighton, a high-quality diorama containing seventeen various birds, to include - Noisy pitta, two Rufous-tailed jacamar's, Pompadour cotinga, two Yellow oriole's, Brazilian tanager, Channel-billed toucan, Silver-beaked tanager, Purple honeycreeper, Red-legged honeycreeper, Green honeycreeper, Bay-headed tanager, Blue-gray tanager, Golden-headed manakin, Thick-billed saltator, and a female Rusty flower-piercer, all mounted upon and around a centrally positioned branch, amidst natural flora, ferns and fauna, set above painted simulated rockwork below, enclosed within an ebonise framed glazed room divider, 66.5cm by 16.5cm by 97cm overall height, taxidermists small paper trade label to interior lower left Provenance: The Property of an American Collector

Estimate:£700

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