Walter Potter's curious world of taxidermy
By: Dr. Pat Morris with Joanna Ebenstein
Contributors: Ebenstein, Joanna, 1971- author
Edition: [Revised and expanded edition].
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780399169441
Subjects: Potter's Museum of Curiosity; Taxidermists; Biography
Description: Walter Potter (1835-1918), a British country taxidermist of no great expertise, built anthropomorphic taxidermy tableaux that became famous icons of Victorian whimsy, including his masterpiece The Death & Burial of Cock Robin. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs, and a bewildering assortment of curios. Potter's inspired and beguiling tableaux found many fans in the contemporary art world: it was reported that a £1M bid by Damien Hirst to keep the collection intact was refused when the museum finally closed. Here, perhaps for the last time, many important pieces from the collection are showcased and celebrated with new photographs of Potter's best-loved works.
Notes: Foreword by Sir Peter Blake.

Reprint of the rev. ed. published in 2013 by Constable, London.