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TAXIDERMY
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In the 1860s Alexander Williams (with
his brother, Edward), started a
taxidermy studio which he describes in
his memoirs. The studio went on to have
a world-wide clientele.
Shop front of Williams & Son,
2 Dame Street, Dublin
A case of sparrow
hawks by the Wiilliams
Studio, exhibited at the
Pet Shop, Capel
Street.. The pet shop is
Dublin's oldest and
dates back to the early
1800s
A prodigious pike, 21.8 kg in weight.. From the Wiliams
Studio. Nineteenth century.
A tuatara, a rare New
Zealand reptile, which lived
at Dublin
Zoo from the 1890s until its
death in 1941.when it was
preserved by Williams &
Son
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