Taxidermy
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Francis Scharff, 24 November 1902
Scharff writes regarding his opinion on the phalanx belonging to a small horse. He also accepts Ewart's offer of a stuffed Przewalski's horse for the Museum.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Robert E. Holding, 24 February 1904
Holding thanks Ewart for the tickets for 'Zoo' and says he will send him a photograph of an old St Kilda sheep as well as a photograph of a stuffed head which was eventually purchased from him by J.G Millais. He offers Ewart an exchange of a St Kilda ewe's skull for a pair of Roebuck horns.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir John Gilmour, 1st Baronet of Lundin and Montrave, 14 July 1907
Gilmour offers £5 or £10 to assist with the pony for the British Museum and asks whether the specimen will be killed at once.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 02 November 1909
Ridgeway writes concerning the confusion over the provenance of the Ward's zebra skin to which Ridgeway refers in a paper for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society. He asks Ewart to confirm that the skin came from the Lombori Hills, as Rowland Ward are now asking Ridgeway to settle the matter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart on behalf of Rowland Ward Ltd, taxidemists, 14 August 1900
The letter writer informs Ewart that Rowland Ward Ltd has sent him the feet of a zebra which he thinks might be of particular interest as they are from the region of Lake [Hevern].