George Ashmead & Co. (British), taxidermy tree of birds, c. 1860, the sixteen specimens collected from Australia, Africa and south America in various poses on naturally painted tree and rocky base, glass dome vitrine cover, on timber oval base, 1862 Award sticker verso, height 67 cm width 43 cm depth 23 cm. Provenance: Exhibited in the 1862 great London Exposition at the Crystal Palace; purchased London c. 1930; thence by descent, Private Collection, Canberra