FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters. The art works entitled 'Houndton Tabby', were designed by illustrator and artist Kim Parkhurst, 39, after she combined her love of drawing and Downton Abbey. 'I've been painting portraits of animals in historical costume for some time,” explains New Yorker Kim. “I've taken some familiar and beloved characters whose demeanour, personality, and appearance seemed to translate to certain breeds of dog or cat. 'I got to thinking about Mr Bates' character and storyline, and Brendan Coyle's facial structure, and how he could look hard but also had the warmest, kindest eyes.
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A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
