All Hallow’s, creeping on little (stuffed) feet

One of the characters in The Bones of Paris is an artist whose work includes taxidermy.   His is a somewhat kinkier version of the Victorian…artist?…Walter Potter, whose work includes scenes like this:

(You can read more about him here.) 

But lest you think Paris is without its stuffed creatures, I bring to your attention Maison Deyrolle, for all your taxidermy needs. (here or, in English, here.)  Looking for a rhino’s head?

Or maybe a flock of owls to chase away the mice?

What I’d really love is to wallpaper a room, maybe in beetles.

I wonder if Harris Stuyvesant made it into Maison Deyrolle, in 1929?

LRK books for All Hallows:

The Bones of Paris, here.

“Hellbender”, here.