The Kongouro from New Holland

DanaC · 02-06-2013, 05:52 AM

The UK government has stepped in to place an export bar on two paintings by 18th-century artist George Stubbs.

One of the paintings depicts a dingo, and the other a kangaroo. They are credited with being the first introduction the British people had to these animals.

Stubbs had seen neither a dingo nor a kangaroo in the flesh. He worked from the spoken accounts of those who had, as well as a preserved kangaroo skin which he inflated.

Considering what he was working from, I think the kanga is remarkable.

More on story here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21344589

limey · 02-06-2013, 06:35 AM

I thought so, too!

ZenGum · 02-06-2013, 07:06 AM

Quite good on the kangaroo, for a bloke who'd never seen one alive, and better than a few early kangaroo paintings I've seen.

Didn't do so well on the dingo, unless they've changed a lot in 220 years.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2013, 12:05 PM

What happens if some furriner offers more than £5.5 million?

Gravdigr · 02-06-2013, 03:31 PM

Yeah, well, keep 'em then. The dingo don't look like a dingo and the kangaroo looks like a jacked up mouse.

I hope somebody 'fixes' both of 'em.

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infinite monkey · 02-06-2013, 03:36 PM

ha!

glatt · 02-06-2013, 05:19 PM

Outstanding

Elspode · 02-09-2013, 10:38 PM

( the kangaroo looks like a jacked up mouse. )

That's what Sylvester always though kangaroos were.

Gravdigr · 02-10-2013, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Now thtand thtill. Thtop jumpun around!!

I'd forgotten about Sylvester and the kangaroo.

footfootfoot · 02-11-2013, 09:50 AM

I can't find the Kogouro

Gravdigr · 02-11-2013, 02:32 PM

It's over behind that box of sickle bar blades in the corner.

footfootfoot · 02-11-2013, 03:03 PM

Ha! if it had been a snake it would have bit me.

Pete Zicato · 02-11-2013, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Ha! if it had been a snake it would have bit me.

A phrase I use often.

Gravdigr · 02-11-2013, 05:47 PM

It's always in the last place ya look.

ZenGum · 02-11-2013, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I can't find the Kogouro

Well, they have a 37 inch hopper. That do?

02-06-2013, 06:35 AM	#2
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02-06-2013, 07:06 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Quite good on the kangaroo, for a bloke who'd never seen one alive, and better than a few early kangaroo paintings I've seen. Didn't do so well on the dingo, unless they've changed a lot in 220 years. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-06-2013, 12:05 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What happens if some furriner offers more than £5.5 million? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2013, 03:31 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Yeah, well, keep 'em then. The dingo don't look like a dingo and the kangaroo looks like a jacked up mouse. I hope somebody 'fixes' both of 'em. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-09-2013, 10:38 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	( the kangaroo looks like a jacked up mouse. ) That's what Sylvester always though kangaroos were. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	ha!

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