Walter Potter's curious world of taxidermy - Pat Morris

Walter Potter (1835-1918), a country taxidermist of no great expertise, became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy. His tiny museum in Bramber,
Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs and a
bewildering assortment of curios.

Closed in the '70s, the museum was
variously re-established before being auctioned off in 2003. It was reported that a 1M bid by Damien Hirst to keep the collection intact was refused, but in 2010 many of Potter's key
pieces were exhibited by the artist Sir Peter Blake at London's 'Museum
of Everything', attracting over 30,000 visitors in 6 weeks. The
subsequent dispersal of Potter's works has meant the loss of a truly
unique Victorian legacy. Here, perhaps for the last time, the collection
is preserved and celebrated with new photographs of Potter's best-loved
works.