Portrait of a Large Dog [SEP] creator
Portrait of a Large Dog
Portrait of a Large Dog is an oil painting by George Stubbs. Depicting a dingo ("Canis lupus dingo"), it is the first depiction of an Australian animal in Western art, along with a painting of a kangaroo by Stubbs. It is part of the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London.
The work was commissioned by Joseph Banks based on his observations of dingoes on the east coast of Australia in 1770 during Lieutenant James Cook's first voyage of discovery
a part of the British Invasion of American comics, he wrote "Children of the Voyager" for Marvel in 1993 and "Millennium Fever" in 1995 for Vertigo.
His graphic novel, "Laika", about the eponymous dog, the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit, was published in 2007. "Laika" was well-received, with the "New York Press" remarking that "the British comics creator has fashioned a poignant and accurate portrait of the lives Laika touched in the three years leading