Trip Recap Posts:
Museums visited:
London
British Museum
National Gallery
Tate Modern
Greenwich
National Maritime Museum
Royal Observatory
Bath
Ancient Roman Baths
Fashion Museum
Victoria Art Gallery
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| Lion sculpture in Trafalgar Square, London |
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| Ancient Statutes of Sekhmet, lion-headed goddess of Egypt, British Museum |
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| Lions carved from rock, Ancient India |
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| Darling family portrait… But what's that of the upper right?… |
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| … It's a kitten! Well, looks a bit reptilian... |
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| Madonna, Jesus, and John the Baptist, in the little friend in the lower left corner… |
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| … It's a cat! Hmm, hard to tell from this photo, but I swear it's a cat... the boy is holding a bird as a tease! |
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| At the National Maritime Museum, I searched their database for ship's cats; This was just one example |
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| At the Roman Baths in Bath, Our docent displayed this photo taken in Victorian times… Notice the cat! |
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| Pretty girl, with a pretty kitty! |
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| Comins Tea in Bath, used a simple drawing of their cat Anders for their logo. see image below |
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| Sadly, Anders has gone over The Rainbow Bridge |
OOOOOOH what wonderful pieces of feline art!!!
ReplyDeleteThe first one is GRAND and well represents Felines!!
Hugs madi and mom
The art is super cool and of course we love seeing the kitty art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful art ! Purrs
ReplyDeleteThat is some great art...but that's because there are cats in each one. :)
ReplyDeleteNeat art.
ReplyDeleteOMC, you found cats everywhere!!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet almost every ship in the Royal Navy had a cat - and probably all loved, too.
ReplyDeleteYou found a lot of beautiful kitty art at the museums.
ReplyDeleteCats are a universal language.
ReplyDeleteSo delightful to find many kitties as and in artworks! Love the cute logo of Comins Tea :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, you went to a lot of museums. I love that reptilian cat. Teehee.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you saw lots of great cat art. I like the cat on the back of the chair.
ReplyDeleteYou saw some great cat art! I love the Victorian photo of the baths with the cat wandering around. :)
ReplyDeleteWe love the way you sought out our feline ancestors!
ReplyDeleteIt's really neat to see cats put into old paintings. Clearly they meant something to their families to be commemorated like that.
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