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.
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .