Another discovery by my colleague LM. A painting rediscovered is part of an exhibition and it mentions the eagles and how they were treated (200 years on it is still happening) and that foxes would not go near the trapped bird. Look at the image....
Yes, wonderful eagle illustration. But here is the thing: NO mention of the unusual appearance of the fox. It is "the elephant in the painting" so to speak. No comment about it not looking like a modern fox or anything. It is an image of an extinct British species and very clearly a mountain fox.
But, of course, "it's just a fox". To us it is even more pictorial evidence of the Mountain fox and matches taxidermy specimens but you would think that only the eagles are visible when the image is looked at.
My thanks to LM for forwarding.
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