july english noted anthropomorphic featuring mounted animals mimicking human life displayed museum sussex england exhibition known popular example victorian years potter death enthusiasm waned twentieth century collection finally dispersed early life popularity potter family ran pub teenager attempt preserve body pet age inspired sister jane showed illustrated book nursery rhymes potter produced museum death burial robin included species british birds received opened separate display summer house pub satisfying victorian demand traditional stuffed animals earn living potter continued creating expanded new premises museum expanded potter married local girl children walter annie scenes rats den raided local police rats village school featuring little rabbits busy writing tiny displayed game guinea pigs cricket match progress attended wedding wearing little morning suits dresses vicar white potter attention detail scenes noted extent wear formal attire apart human situations added examples deformed animals headed legged chickens potter collection billed potter museum build world famous example victorian special coach trips brighton arranged village potter museum popular extension built platform railway station later life death decline museum potter suffered stroke fully recovered died age buried churchyard museum time contained specimens taken daughter grandson victorian enthusiasm stuffed animals waned museum later days claims animal cruelty displaying notices stating animals died naturally case years old wedding scene created potter shown victoria albert museum victorian vision exhibition sale collection museum closed 1970s having moved brighton sold owners cornwall attracted visitors year death economic considerations venture viability buyer maintain collection intact come forward auctioned realizing wedding sold death burial robin highest selling item sale raising present auction bid offered entire collection apparently rejected owners sued arguing offer accepted shortly auction wrote guardian citing potter limitations saying knew little anatomy terrible looks like showed appreciation displays favourites wedding party dressed costumes wearing jewellery don look like point rats drinking party puts different construction wind group playing cricket auction said offered pay cost catalogue market collection intact apparently auction ahead tragedy white lion pub home potter collection renamed
Walter Potter