#WatercolorWednesday: when #taxidermy goes wrong 😬
This super stuffed #beaver was in Sir Ashton Lever's collection, later the Leverian Museum in London. He commissioned Sarah Stone to paint watercolors of his specimens, including this one from c. 1781-5. Now in London's Natural History Museum collection: https://nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44NHM_INST/16ehpmm/alma9925788002081 #WomenArtists #TaxidermyFails