Dominicans in Feathers
 
 

Dominicans in Feathers

Henry Stacey Marks

© Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

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Description
The title compares the black and white plumage of the penguins to the black and white robes of Dominican monks. It was intended to be both gently comic and more bitingly satirical. Marks was noted for both his humourous subjects and his paintings of birds. In his autobiography he notes that birds made better models that humans, since they were less conceited, less greedy and less boring.
 
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Dimensions
620mm x 1855mm
 
Medium
Oil on canvas.
 
Acquisition
Presented by Sir John Holder, 1890.
 
Accession Number
1890P84
 
 

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