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Trundle Manor is a macabre art museum and oddity tourist trap in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. [1] It was founded by artist couple and Anton and Rachel Miriello and houses their personal collection of cryptozoology, vintage taxidermy, and jarred specimens.
As documented in Frederick H. Hitchcock's 19th-century manual entitled Practical Taxidermy, the earliest known taxidermists were the ancient Egyptians and despite the fact that they never removed skins from animals as a whole, it was the Egyptians who developed one of the world's earliest forms of animal preservation through the use of injections, spices, oils, and other embalming tools. [3]
John Hancock (24 February 1808 – 11 October 1890) was an English naturalist, ornithologist, taxidermist and landscape architect.Working during the golden age of taxidermy when mounted animals became a popular part of Victorian era interior design, [2] Hancock is considered the father of modern taxidermy [3] [4]
Edwin H. Ward worked for a while on Oxford Street for Thomas Mutlow Williams who exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He then set up his own taxidermy shop in 1857 and received a royal warrant from Queen Victoria in 1870. Other distantly related Ward family members had taxidermy-related businesses as far away as New York and Australia.
In 1907, Nelson’s major work The Birds of Yorkshire: being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the county was published. [4] The book consisted of almost 900 pages and a number of photographic illustrations of birds and bird habitats in two volumes. William Eagle Clarke and Frederick Boyes assisted Nelson in the production of the book. [2]
Carl Ethan Akeley (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American museums, most notably to the Milwaukee Public Museum, Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History.
The word taxidermy describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy". [ 1 ] The word taxidermy is derived from the Ancient Greek words τάξις taxis (order, arrangement) and δέρμα derma (skin). [ 2 ]
Antique Trader is a full-color American magazine about antiques and collectibles, including a classifieds section, published twice monthly, including six double issues. [1] [2] Headquartered in Stevens Point, Wis., the highly designed and illustrated magazine features in-depth articles on antique and collecting trends, informative and entertaining stories and profiles of key industry players ...