kenyatta:

kirsten - this makes me think of you :)

The Curious Taxidermy of Walter Potter

Hey Ellie. This one is for you.

Potter (1835-1918) was a self-taught taxidermist who grew up in the rural community of Bramber, Sussex, at a time when stuffing dead animals was considered to be a suitable hobby for young boys. For technical assistance, he would have had any number of popular manuals at his disposal. For inspiration, he had his younger sister’s illustrated nursery rhyme books and the Great Exhibition of 1851, where anthropomorphic taxidermy was first displayed to the British public. 

Potter’s Upper Ten is a posh social club populated by red squirrels who smoke cigars, play cribbage and smoke port as servants wait on.

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