Taxidermy Fox Mask
Rowland Ward
Rowland Ward
Latin: Vulpes vulpes
Size: Approx. 34cm x 26cm x 24cm
Description: Taxidermy Fox head by Rowland Ward. Rarely seen this late in the firms history. Ivorine plaque reads: WEST NORFOLK FOXHOUNDS, GRESSINGHALL, NOVEMBER 9TH 1968. Paper label to reverse reads: FROM ROWLAND WARDS SPORTING AND NATURAL HISTORY GALLERIES 64-65 GROVESNOR STREET MAYFAIR LONDON W1. (AND AT NAIROBI) HYDE PARK 4501 L/4603.
Rowland Ward Ltd. of Piccadilly became and remained for many years the largest and most famous taxidermy firm in the world. Rownland Ward (1848-1912), formed his own publishing company, and between 1880 and 1911 published over 30 books. One of his books 'The Sportsmans Biritish Handbook' contained over 300 illustrations of birds all of which had been mounted in the Rowland Ward studios specifically to be photographed for the book.