Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy - A Short Film
Nice book, but slightly grumpy isn't he, ol Dr Pat?! However, now that Peter Blake (my hero) owns much of the collection, we can relax - it's in safe and appreciative hands.
"The eccentric works of Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter, in which 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."
Handwritten original copy of the introduction, by Peter Blake:
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