Greetings from the African Continent...

 (All Photos by Tavarua)

The Hunters and The Hunted...

A Study of Peter Beard - 1996...

Gun & Rifle Manufacturers etc. - From the Trade Label Series...

(All Photos by Tavarua)

T & C in Scandinavia - The Hunters and The Hunted - Victorian Taxidermy Part II ...

(All Photos by Tavarua)

From the Country - Priceless 

My old dunhill pipes still travels with me even if I do not smoke them to often... 

 Time for a short walk to the river

The world has be waiting and finally the Spring has arrived...with sunshine the flowers will blossom and

the ice will melt away... a new beginning is born

Sunset by the river - evening smoke...

Leaving the Country -  for good old Denmark...

"Tavarua" in Denmark





Greetings from Charlottenlund, Denmark

Taxidermy Part II
A Victorian Traditional Cabinet Museum (Ireland)

The Hunters and The Hunted - Victorian Taxidermy - Ireland's Natural History Museum

Taxidermy Part I

A Victorian Traditional Cabinet Museum

During the Victorian era Taxidermy was a part of the interior design.  Taxidermist such as Van Ingen & Van Ingen were one of the most famous and largest taxidermist you could find in India. Actually, one of the largest taxidermists in the world.  Famous for their tiger and leopard throphy mounts.  They were in business from 1890 to 1999.

and not to be forgotten Rowland Ward

(Photos by Tavarua)

Extinct Giant Irish Deer.

The ground floor is dedicated to the wildlife of Ireland.

 Falconry

 Basking Shark

Skate 

The common skate (Raja Batis) is the largest of skates and rays in western Europe and west of Ireland is one of the skate's 

few remaining strongholds, Had some skate the other day - delicious...

 

Very little has changed here since 1857...and indeed one of the best taxidermy exhibits I have visited. 

 The Royal Dublin Society purchased in 1792 one of Europes largest natural history collections.

Victorian Taxidemry at its best.

  

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