Walter Potter

Walter Potter
Portrait of Walter Potter c.1910
Born(1835-07-02)2 July 1835
Bramber, Sussex, England
Died21 May 1918(1918-05-21) (aged 82)
OccupationTaxidermist
Known forAssembled a popular collection of anthropomorphic dioramas.

Walter Potter (2 July 1835 – 21 May 1918) was an English taxidermist noted for his anthropomorphic dioramas featuring mounted animals mimicking human life, which he displayed at his museum in Bramber, Sussex, England. The exhibition was a well-known and popular example of "Victorian whimsy" for many years, even after Potter's death; however, enthusiasm for such entertainments waned in the twentieth century, and his collection was finally dispersed in 2003.