Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Grayling (, (, dated 1899

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Grayling (, (, Thymallus thymallus), dated 1899, by John Cooper & Sons, 28 Radnor Street, St Luke's, London, EC, a pair of skin-mounts preserved and mounted within a naturalistic setting amidst reeds and grasses, set above a pebbled riverbed, mounted against a pale-blue painted backdrop, enclosed within a typical ebonised bow-fronted display case, 69cm by 16cm, 34cm, tired hand-written paper legend to verso - "Caught by B. Rothwell, the Wharf, Slaley, Oct 28th 1899" (af)

Estimate:£200

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