Maine Coon Collage
by Barbara Keith
Original - Not For Sale
Price
Not Specified
Dimensions
18.000 x 24.000 inches
This piece is not for sale. Please feel free to contact the artist directly regarding this or other pieces.
Click here to contact the artist.
Title
Maine Coon Collage
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
Original donated to a local rescue to, hopefully, generate monetary support.
* NOTE: 07-13-22, 60x80 Plush Fleece Blanket Sale to Winnipeg, MB
The Maine Coon is a native New Englander, hailing from Maine, where he was a popular mouser, farm cat and, most likely, ship’s cat, at least as far back as the early 19th century. He is a natural breed and little is known of his origins. Some say the Vikings brought him to North America, centuries before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, others that he is the descendant of longhaired cats belonging to Marie Antoinette, sent to America in advance of the doomed queen, who had hoped to escape there. Sea captains may have brought back longhaired cats that then mated with local shorthaired cats. One thing is for sure: the Maine Coon is not the result of a mating between a cat and a raccoon, even if his brown tabby coat and furry ringed tail suggest that biological impossibility. The resemblance is, however, how the cats got their name; in fact, Maine Coons that didn’t have the brown tabby coat were called Maine Shags (cattime.com).
Complete 1995 after 14.34 hours spread over 9 days.
Uploaded
October 19th, 2018
Statistics
Viewed 1,022 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/18/2024 at 1:09 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (22)
Carol Senske
F/L. Your wonderful image is featured in Welcome Fine Artists group today, October 17, 2022. It is perfect for today’s theme of “Domestic Cats”. Thank you so much for sharing!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!" Sharing on Twitter!
Bentley Davis
Congratulations! I have chosen this piece to be featured in the Art for Love of Art Group.