: Antiques: No-nonsense exhibition.THE Earl and the Pussycat: The 13th Earl of Derby's Life and Legacy is a fascinating exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of his death. It features animal and bird specimens from the Earl's huge collections as well as pictures by Lear, whose Owl & the Pussycat was written for Lord Derby's grandchildren at Knowsley Hall Knowsley Hall is the ancestral home of the Earls of Derby. It is situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is surrounded by 2,500 acres (10 km²) of parkland. It has been the home of the Earls of Derby since 1385[1]. , near Liverpool. A number of creatures being displayed are now extinct, including a 200-year-old flightless swamp hen which lived on an island off Australia; the Himalayan mountain quail, which vanished in Victorian times; the Paradise Parrot (last seen about 1930) and the Long-tailed Hopping Mouse which lived in Western Australia. More than 320 remarkable exhibits will be on display including more than 40 Lear paintings of birds, animals and landscapes; an eight-feet high mounted eland eland (ē`lənd), large, spiral-horned African antelope, genus Taurotragus, found in brush country or open forest at the edge of grasslands. Elands live in small herds and are primarily browsers rather than grazers. antelope named after Derby; family portraits, miniatures, furniture, books and seashells. Oh, and the dead budgie budgerigar, budgie see melopsittacus undulatus. budgerigar fledgling disease a polyomavirus infection of young psittacines that causes failure of feather growth, hepatic and renal necrosis, and sometimes death. . l The Walker, William Brown Street, Liverpool, until September 8. Open Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. Admission free. CAPTION(S): IN THE FRAME: Portrait of; 13th Earl of Derby, aged 61, by William Derby (1837) (c) ED |
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