Squirrels taxidermy diorama is a big deal

The 252-lot Natural History and Taxidermy auction at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) on June 19 included this Victorian anthropomorphic diorama of card-playing, cigar-smoking red squirrels, c.1870-1900.

Very much in the manner of the great Walter Potter of Bramber (he of The Kittens Wedding and Rabbi…

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