Turret-deck cargo ship 'Nonsuch'
We need your help to acquire two remarkable paintings by George Stubbs and save them for the nation.
Stubbs was the foremost animal artist of his day. These paintings of a kangaroo and dingo represent Britain’s first glimpse of Australian animals. They were commissioned by Joseph Banks after Captain Cook’s first voyage (1768–71).
Text STUB35 to 70070 and give £5 to help keep these works on public display in the UK, or donate with JustGiving.
Image: ‘The Kongouro from New Holland’ (Kangaroo) by George Stubbs, 1772; Private Collection, Courtesy of Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd
An astronomical board game, folded into cardboard slip case, entitled 'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime.
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We need your help to acquire two remarkable paintings by George Stubbs and save them for the nation.
Stubbs was the foremost animal artist of his day. These paintings of a kangaroo and dingo represent Britain’s first glimpse of Australian animals. They were commissioned by Joseph Banks after Captain Cook’s first voyage (1768–71).
Text STUB35 to 70070 and give £5 to help keep these works on public display in the UK, or donate with JustGiving.
Image: ‘The Kongouro from New Holland’ (Kangaroo) by George Stubbs, 1772; Private Collection, Courtesy of Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd
An astronomical board game, folded into cardboard slip case, entitled 'Science in Sport, or the Pleasures of Astronomy; A New & Instructive Pastime.
// Дальше — www.nmm.ac.uk