The Conundrum of the London Kangaroos
September 24, 2020
Seven years ago the UK government overruled the purchase for $10,000,000 by the Australian government of two oil paintings of a dingo and a kangaroo painted in London by George Stubbs from stuffed pelts brought back from the coast of Australia in 1771 by Sir Joseph Banks. But there are two more paintings of kangaroos in London that may be even more important than the Stubbs kangaroo and dingo. Can we have a look at them?