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Description:This book provides a review of taxidermy as a part of both our social and natural history. The development over 300 years of mammal and bird taxidermy, including elephants and even humans, are reviewed, along with attempts to locate the oldest existing stuffed animals. The controversy regarding the use of arsenic as a preservative is assessed, with some surprises. Several chapters describe in detail how taxidermy businesses operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their different styles of products, trade labels (including some poems from them!) and their major groups of customers, ranging from huntsmen to bird collectors and householders, are described, with many quirky stories, historical snippets and wry comment. Although the main focus is principally on British taxidermists, as taxidermy for domestic decoration became so important there, the general picture would also apply to contemporary taxidermists in Europe and the USA. A whole chapter is devoted to the special features of American taxidermy and how different it is from that of Europe and how some aspects of it reached world supremacy. Frequent reference is also made to American taxidermists in other chapters and the Foreword is by Larry Blomquist, publisher of a major American taxidermy magazine. A review of taxidermy books published in Europe and the USA makes some interesting revelations about who thought of what first. A final chapter on taxidermy today discusses and dissects the unsubstantiated complaints and ignorant criticisms made of this subject. There is a discussion on what to do about bad taxidermy and its display, and also how professional organizations now strive to attain perfection in this field of artistic endeavor, benefiting from new skills and materials. Overall the book aims to show that taxidermy has many different dimensions, such that the reader will not hurry past the next time they see a stuffed animal, but stop and think "Hmm, that's interesting..."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Taxidermy: Art, Science and Bad Taste by Patrick A. Morris (2010-11-05). To get started finding A History of Taxidermy: Art, Science and Bad Taste by Patrick A. Morris (2010-11-05), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book provides a review of taxidermy as a part of both our social and natural history. The development over 300 years of mammal and bird taxidermy, including elephants and even humans, are reviewed, along with attempts to locate the oldest existing stuffed animals. The controversy regarding the use of arsenic as a preservative is assessed, with some surprises. Several chapters describe in detail how taxidermy businesses operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Their different styles of products, trade labels (including some poems from them!) and their major groups of customers, ranging from huntsmen to bird collectors and householders, are described, with many quirky stories, historical snippets and wry comment. Although the main focus is principally on British taxidermists, as taxidermy for domestic decoration became so important there, the general picture would also apply to contemporary taxidermists in Europe and the USA. A whole chapter is devoted to the special features of American taxidermy and how different it is from that of Europe and how some aspects of it reached world supremacy. Frequent reference is also made to American taxidermists in other chapters and the Foreword is by Larry Blomquist, publisher of a major American taxidermy magazine. A review of taxidermy books published in Europe and the USA makes some interesting revelations about who thought of what first. A final chapter on taxidermy today discusses and dissects the unsubstantiated complaints and ignorant criticisms made of this subject. There is a discussion on what to do about bad taxidermy and its display, and also how professional organizations now strive to attain perfection in this field of artistic endeavor, benefiting from new skills and materials. Overall the book aims to show that taxidermy has many different dimensions, such that the reader will not hurry past the next time they see a stuffed animal, but stop and think "Hmm, that's interesting..."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Taxidermy: Art, Science and Bad Taste by Patrick A. Morris (2010-11-05). To get started finding A History of Taxidermy: Art, Science and Bad Taste by Patrick A. Morris (2010-11-05), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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A History of Taxidermy: Art, Science and Bad Taste by Patrick A. Morris (2010-11-05)

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