The works, all of which were created by British taxidermist Walter Potter, were wildly popular during the Victorian period and have been collected in a new book.
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Rats, squirrels, and dead kittens in their Sunday best—revealing the strange art of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter.
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter (1835-1918), a country taxidermist of no great expertise, became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs and a bewildering assortment of curios. Closed in the '70s, the museum was variously re-established before being auctioned off in 2003. It was reported that a £1M bid by Damien Hirst to keep the collection intact was refused, but in 2010 many of Potter's key pieces were exhibited by the artist Sir Peter Blake at London's 'Museum of Everything', attracting over 30,000 visitors in 6 weeks. The subsequent dispersal of Potter's works has meant the loss of a truly unique Victorian legacy. Here, perhaps for the last time, the collection is preserved and celebrated with new photographs of Potter's best-loved works.
Walter Potter’s curious creations may seem macabre to modern eyes, but they reveal a lot about Victorian attitudes to animals and death, writes Alastair Sooke.
The bizarre work of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter is the subject of a new book, 'Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy', by Pat Morris and Joanna Ebenstein
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter was a nineteenth century English taxidermist noted for his anthropomorphic dioramas featuring stuffed animals mimicking human ...
A bizarre collection of stuffed animals that was broken up and sold around the world seven years ago has been reassembled for a one-off exhibition. The eccentric works of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter, where stuffed animals mimic human life, were sold for more than £500,000 in 2003. Celebrities including comedian Harry Hill, photographer David Bailey and artist Peter Blake snapped up pieces from the 10,000-item collection in Mr Potter's eerie Museum of Curiosities
A new book details Potter's morbidly adorable work.
A new book on the famed taxidermist features vivid photographs of his morbidly adorable tableaux.
The bizarre work of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter is the subject of a new book, 'Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy', by Pat Morris and Joanna Ebenstein
A new book on the famed taxidermist features vivid photographs of his morbidly adorable tableaux.
The bizarre work of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter is the subject of a new book, 'Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy', by Pat Morris and Joanna Ebenstein
A bizarre collection of stuffed animals that was broken up and sold around the world seven years ago has been reassembled for a one-off exhibition. The eccentric works of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter, where stuffed animals mimic human life, were sold for more than £500,000 in 2003. Celebrities including comedian Harry Hill, photographer David Bailey and artist Peter Blake snapped up pieces from the 10,000-item collection in Mr Potter's eerie Museum of Curiosities
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Walter Potter was an amateur taxidermist who built huge anthropomorphic tableaux that became icons of Victorian whimsy
Have you considered having your dead dog stuffed? Or perhaps turning it into a rug? Or a drone? With no established way to mourn the loss of a loved animal, pet owners have turned to any number of curious methods
Walter Potter’s curious creations may seem macabre to modern eyes, but they reveal a lot about Victorian attitudes to animals and death, writes Alastair Sooke.
Front and back covers of Walter Potter and his Museum of Curious Taxidermy.
"I do not believe it’s morbid to be interested in looking at images of death. I think it’s healthy and human—and life-affirming at the end of the da...
Our documentary tells the story of one of Britain's most respected studio potters, Walter Keeler. Set against the backdrop of his house and studio on the borderlands between England and Wales, Keeler tells us his about his life as a potter and how, through his interest in early industrial British pottery, his work has been rooted in European and especially British traditions.He demonstrates some of his remarkable working practices and talks of how his functional pots were transformed by drawing on his sculptural instinct to alter and assemble thrown components. While still functional, his work will often challenge and amuse the user.
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