The Porcelain Breath

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The London of the 1880s was a city of velvet curtains and hidden rooms, where the scent of expensive perfume struggled to mask the smell of the Thames. In a basement studio in Mayfair, Mr. Graves operated a sanctuary of stillness. He was a master of taxidermy, but not the crude stuffing of animals found in country museums. Graves practiced "The Eternal Pose"—a method of preserving biological...

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