His collection of 6,000 birds went to Cambridge in 1867.
As a result each collection goes up to 200 styles per season.
This is the first time his collection has gone on public display.
His last collections went back to themes he had worked with years before.
We know the collection will ultimately go to a major institution.
In old age, he began to care very much about where his collections would eventually go.
It had a very good reception, but collection went down after a Fifty- day.
"Why would I be spending at least $60 million if my collection were going elsewhere?"
But the collection will go down in fashion history as the one that brought back the mini.
When his collection went public in 1946 it was one of a kind and it's still among the best.