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A late Victorian Cedar-Cased taxidermy diorama of Australian…
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Melbourne
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24-Jul-2023
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A late Victorian Cedar-Cased taxidermy diorama of Australian parrots, Arthur Coles, Melbourne, late 19th century, a King parrot, gang-gang cockatoo, crimson and Eastern rosellas, various lorikeets, and budgerigars, variously mounted on a tree and the ground below against a painted background of a wooded river landscape, in an Australian cedar-framed glazed case, inscribed in chalk to the top of the case 'Mr a. Coles / Cora Lynn / [illegible] / Moonee Ponds', the case 114 cm high, 101 cm wide, 41 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, 'Green Glade', Torresdale Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Anonymous sale of that collection, E.J. Ainger, 27 November, 1994, lot 251, purchased by the late owner, the Estate of a late Toorak gentleman. Other notes: Arthur Coles, born in England in 1840, set up business as a taxidermist and furrier in a shop in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, in 1882. Very successful in this field, he exhibited a case of birds at the Victoria Jubilee exhibition in 1884 and had work shown at exhibitions in London. A 1926 newspaper article on Mr Coles's life and work refers to his residence in Moonee Ponds.
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Industry Science & Technology: Natural History