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Description: | This collection contains objects and ephemera collected by the pioneering environmentalist, conservationist and taxidermist Charles Waterton during his trips to South America. Objects include a Cayman Alligator and Boa Constrictor preserved using Waterton's method of keeping animals hollow instead of 'stuffing' them. Other artefacts relate to Waterton's life at Walton Hall (the world's first nature reserve) and items collected from indigenous peoples on his travels.
- | Subjects: | Waterton Natural History | Temporal: | 18th century - late 1776-1799 19th century - early Victorian 1837-1850 19th century - early 1800-1836 19th century - mid Victorian 1851-1875 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Wood Street
Wakefield West Yorkshire,
WF1 2EW | FAX: | 01924 305 353 | Telephone: | 01924 305 356 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6050 | Go to resource |
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