A Taxidermy Teal Hung as Dead Game, Mounted on a Board c.1960 sub-Curios with such clearness that anyone

with such clearness that anyone can speedily become proficient

head and rest of the torso

taking its name from the genus Iris

the Welsh dynasty that held the English throne from 1485 to 1603

Etty painted several such scenes of bathing during his career

A Taxidermy Teal Hung as Dead Game, Mounted on a Board c.1960 sub-Curios with such clearness that anyoneOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 70 Depth: 3 inches (at maximum) Width: 7 inches (the board) Height: 17 inches (the board) The Bird: 12 inches The stuffed and mounted teal hung as dead game, on a board, bearing "Game Bird Collection" label No. 239 survives from the third quarter of the twentieth century. No 239 was no ordinary teal, but a lonely duckling grown up to become one man's constant companion.