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anybody seen this truly warped book?
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Jack Campin
Nov 28, 2011, 10:57:46 AM11/28/11
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I have been told by two different dealers that they have seen
a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
it on the web. Anybody know?
(No this is not out practical interest. My six cats are all
neutered anyway).
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a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
it on the web. Anybody know?
(No this is not out practical interest. My six cats are all
neutered anyway).
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e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
Don Phillipson
Nov 30, 2011, 4:53:40 PM11/30/11
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"Jack Campin" <bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I have been told by two different dealers that they have seen
> a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
> with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
> being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
> it on the web. Anybody know?
If you really want to know, the Victoria and Albert Museum could
probably advise. Stuffed animals posed for human activities
were a minor fashion in the Victorian period and have been
collected in museums.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
news:bogus-17790A....@four.schnuerpel.eu...
>I have been told by two different dealers that they have seen
> a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
> with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
> being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
> it on the web. Anybody know?
probably advise. Stuffed animals posed for human activities
were a minor fashion in the Victorian period and have been
collected in museums.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
michael adams
Dec 21, 2011, 2:41:10 PM12/21/11
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>I have been told by two different dealers that they have seen
> a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
> with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
> being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
> it on the web. Anybody know?
possibly
> a Victorian manual on how to stuff kittens and make dioramas
> with them in costume, with versions of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"
> being a particular favourite. But I can't find any reference to
> it on the web. Anybody know?
Practical Taxidermy
MONTAGU BROWNE, F.Z.S., etc..,
Curator, Town Museum, Leicester.
First pub 1884
Reprints available on Amazon $39.95
http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Taxidermy-Instruction-Collecting-Preserving/dp/1905124368
Gutenberg ebook link -
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26014/26014-h/26014-h.htm
sample kittens quote -
" Kittens or puppies of a few days old, if nicely marked, can be stuffed
and mounted on a piece of marble for paper weights, or on red cloth for
penwipers."
With a bit of practice that's next years Christmas presents sorted
anyway
michael adams
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