Showing posts with label taxidermy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxidermy. Show all posts

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Body Wire (1886)

Frank B. Webster. "Practical Taxidermy." Ornithologist and Oölogist 11. (January 1886).

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Practical Taxidermy (1885)

Starling properly made into a skin with label attached
Arthur Nichols. Natural History Sketches Among the Carnivora: Wild and Domesticated. With Observations on their Habits and Mental Faculties. Illustrated by J.T. Nettleship, C.E. Brittan, and T.W. Wood. (London: L. Upcott Gill, 1885).

Monday, October 29, 2012

Managing Mould & Model (1884)

Stag's head in plaster from clay model.
Montagu Browne. Practical Taxidermy: Manual of Instruction to the Amateur in Collecting, Preserving, and Setting Up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds to which is Added a Chapter upon the Pictorial Arrangement of Museums. (London: L. Upcott Gill, 1884).

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Wiring a Frog (1894)

A frog should be skinned through the mouth and the entire vertebrae column should remain intact attached to the skin of the back in order to preserve the peculiar characteristic shape of the back. The legs are made with cotton and the body is filled with the same material through the mouth. The of manner wiring is clearly shown.
Oliver Davie. Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Illustrations by Theodore Jasper. (Columbus: Hann & Adair, 1894)

Friday, October 26, 2012

Bison Manikin, Half Completed (1900)

Manikin for Male American Bison, Half Completed
William T. Hornaday. Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting, 7th ed. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900).

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Wiring & Poisoning the Tarsus (1894)

The tarsus of the leg should be poisoned as well as any portion of the bird's skin, and it is done as here illustrated. Saturate the wire with arsenical paste (see recipe, page 15) above the heel and at the ball of the foot. Draw the wire up and down several times until the poison has penetrated the tarsus.
Oliver Davie. Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Illustrations by Theodore Jasper. (Columbus: Hann & Adair, 1894). [Poison is not a typo for position.  "Arsenical paste" is advised here as a preservative.]

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Ready for Mounting (1884)

Montagu Browne. Practical Taxidermy: Manual of Instruction to the Amateur in Collecting, Preserving, and Setting Up Natural History Specimens of All Kinds to which is Added a Chapter upon the Pictorial Arrangement of Museums. (London: L. Upcott Gill, 1884).

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Manikin for Zebra, First Stage (1898)

Manikin for zebra, first stage
John Rowley. The Art of Taxidermy. (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1998).

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Blotched or Typical Tabby (1908)

Diagram of the Colour-Patterns of the Blotched or Typical Tabby Cat
A Guide to the Domesticated Animals  (Other Than Horses) Exhibited in the Central and North Halls of the British Museum. (London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1908).

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Finishing the Head (1914)

Finishing the head, mountain goat and lynx
Chas. K. Reed and Chester A. Reed. Guide to Taxidermy. Illustrations by N.F. Stone and the authors. (Worchester: Chas. K. Reed, 1914).

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Muzzle Slightly Foreshortened (1925)

Black Howling Monkey, Muzzle Slightly Foreshortened
Leon L. Walters. New Uses of Celluloid and Similar Material in Taxidermy. (Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925).

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Expressions of Gentleness (1900)

Oliver Davie. Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Illustrated by Theodore Jasper. (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900).

Monday, October 15, 2012

Practical Taxidermy
& Home Decoration (1890)

Mounted deer head rifle rack
Joseph H. Batty. Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration Together with General Information for the Sportsman. (New York: Orange Judd Company, 1890.)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Collecting & Preserving (1900)

William Temple Hornaday, William Jacob Holland. Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting, 7th ed. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.)

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Manikin for Tiger (1900)

Manikin for tiger, first stage
William Temple Hornaday, William Jacob Holland. Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting, 7th ed. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.)

Monday, April 16, 2012

Shot by the Author (1908)

Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa
John Henry Patterson. The Maneaters of Tsavo: And other East African Adventures. (London: MacMillan and Company, 1908).