A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Guillemot sub-Art & Sculpture Van Dyck demonstrated his superiority

Van Dyck demonstrated his superiority over Mytens by painting a portrait of the King and Queen

The glass bulbs used

with old worm to some areas and covering the rear panels

Diameters: 6” / 5” / 5”

on a plinth base above later carved supports

A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Guillemot sub-Art & Sculpture Van Dyck demonstrated his superiorityOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 15Base Diameter: 11The preserved guillemot (Uria aalge) housed in a period glass dome on naturalistic base with pebbles and sand to an ebonised wooden plinth showing an original paper museum type inventory label for No. 4 to the dome, the whole surviving from the zeniths of Victorian period England. The specimen is presented in good overall order. The entire composition and