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Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
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Taxidermy in Piccadilly

Gerald Best's Guest Book

Gerald Best's "Guest Book" and Invitation card – courtesy of Ken Everett.
The card, which dates back to October 8, 1958, was discovered whilst separating some stuck together pages from an old book back in 2009, when Mr. Everett had purchased items from the disposal and break up of the amazing Rowland Ward archive.
Ken Everett recounts - “It was a pleasing moment, whilst separating some stuck pages that the card was discovered. It is possibly the only true original artifact that refers to the elusive 'lost' Elephant film.”
One of the treasures thus obtained was the vaunted Zebra Skinned 'guest book' which had belonged to Gerald Best, managing director of Rowland Ward Ltd. Although partly water damaged, the book is interesting with its content of names of some of Europe and the USA's great and good.

The Adventurers Club

The Adventurers Club's Announcement - Invitation to documentary film screening.
The club’s invitation card – “Taxidermy in Piccadilly”, is truly a unique item as it is an announcement for the screening of the film which shows the construction of the full-mount Tervuren elephant. The giant Kasai bull which was set up by Ward’s for display in the Belgian-Congo section – Le Pavillon de la Faune, at the Brussels World's Fair, Expo58.
    References
  • Gerald Best's Guest Book - Collection Archive Ken Everett.
  • Adventurers Club Chicago, Luncheon Meeting card - Collection Archive Ken Everett.
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An Elephant's Biography: The LOST ELEPHANT FILM

The Royal Museum for Central Africa at Tervuren in Belgium has a giant mounted bull elephant. Prepared by Rowland Ward Ltd. of Piccadilly, London, the giant beast never fails to mesmerize the onlooker and remains one of its most iconic exhibits.
Completed in 1957, the elephant was one of the last full mount elephants prepared by Ward's studio. It was set up in the Belgian Congo Fauna Pavilion at the international exhibition held in Brussels in 1958.
The process of mounting the Tervuren elephant took 12 men and six months to complete. The process was filmed at Rowland Ward's workshop. However, the film is lost, or at least presumed lost, and its existence is only known through publicity stills and written descriptions.
Could it be that this unique bit of Rowland Ward history has vanished without a trace?
Do you know anything about the film?
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