It might be of help if you could contact the Indian Museum in Calcutta
and also the Prince of Wales Museum in Bombay. The diorama approach was
bequeathed by the British in both these institutions and there is every
likelihood that diorama makers from England were involved in Museum
Development activities in the Indian sub-continent !
George Jacob
Museum Studies Program
University of Toronto

On Thu, 30 May 1996, Carol Mayer wrote:

> I wonder if anybody on the list can help me.
>
> I recently discovered that my grandfather owned a company in England
> (Partridge Models) that made models for museums in the 1920s (I do not have
> an 'end' date): diorama of cotton picking in India, 1930 Gas Works, a
> working coal mine and so on.   I would like to locate any literature on the
> history of such model making, if it exists.  Also, I would like to know  if
> you have any Partridge Models in your museum - sometimes the brass plaque
> reads Leslie Horton Partridge.  I guess this also proves that there is some
> genetic quirk that puts us in the museum business.   And yes, now I am
> intrigued.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Carol E. Mayer
> Curator
> UBC Museum of Anthropology
> 6393 NW Marine Drive
> Vancouver, B.C. Canada
> fax: 604-822-2974
>