Walter (not Beatrix, not Harry) Potter
Now that's my kind of tea party!
From David Byrne’s blog, I learn about the famous English taxidermist Walter Potter.For me, very little captures the essence of Victorian England better than the cute/creepy emulsion of his work, at once sentimental and moralizing. All those pot-smoking toads and tequila-swilling armadilloes you get in Mexico are nothing but a response to this. More photos after the jump.
Taxidermy tableau by Walter Potter
The royal wedding.
From Wikipedia, here is an old postcard illustration of his museum:
Walter Potter's museum at Bramber, Sussex, UK
http://www.acaseofcuriosities.com/pages/01_2_00potter.html