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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .