Vintage Taxidermy Pictures

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This is a mount that I saw a picture of years ago and thought how cool it was. I stumbled across it again today and had to share it. I believe it was done in the 1800s and is called "the messenger". It really tells a story.

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Exactly what a good piece should do... Tell a Story.
 
What a great scene, thanks for sharing!
 
This is a mount that I saw a picture of years ago and thought how cool it was. I stumbled across it again today and had to share it. I believe it was done in the 1800s and is called "the messenger". It really tells a story.

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Awesome!!!!!!
 
that's great! they have an elephant with mahout being attacked buy a tiger in the Natural history museum in Paris
 
that's great! they have an elephant with mahout being attacked buy a tiger in the Natural history museum in Paris

Sounds very cool
 
That s back in the days there were lions in North Africa !
 
that is a really interesting mount Diamondhitch,and i would love to know more about the story behind this story...

here is another old taxidermist piece from the natural museum of history….

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This is a mount that I saw a picture of years ago and thought how cool it was. I stumbled across it again today and had to share it. I believe it was done in the 1800s and is called "the messenger". It really tells a story.

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Diamondhitch,

Beautiful. Do you know where this is located?
 
Must of been to hard to get the tusks to lay flat.
 
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Very impressive feat. Thank goodness it wasn't full grown.

The taxidermy of his that I am most impressed with is the heard of elephants in the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.

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Still impressive after many decades.
 
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Very cool fact about Carl E Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy, as he is known. The Carle E Akeley award for most artistic mount is one of the most prestigious awards a taxidermist can win.
 
Very cool fact about Carl E Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy, as he is known. The Carle E Akeley award for most artistic mount is one of the most prestigious awards a taxidermist can win.

+1

I have seen a quite a bit of 50-100 year old taxidermy that doesn't look real great. His stuff stands the test of time.
 

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