Thursday 25 October 2018

A new addition to the palace menagerie ....

The King and his son have come to see the latest addition to the palace menagerie - a rhinoceros

Later on in the day the King had a meeting to inspect and approve the plans for a new class of river galleys to help protect trade on the lower reaches of the river Oudear from potential Begovian aggression.

6 comments:

tradgardmastare said...

A splendid addition to menagerie indeed. I wonder if the King has ever seen illustrations of 17/18th century Swiss galleys on the lakes. They are spectacular and just the sort of vessel to use as inspiration.
Alan

Fitz-Badger said...

Excellent!
A while back I read a book about a rhinoceros named Clara that was brought to Europe around this time period and taken on tour. It was a true story and rather interesting. She was quite a sensation at the time, and inspired quite a few pieces of art (paintings, etchings, porcelain figures, etc.).

Stryker said...

River galleys would be most useful!

Pechlivan said...

Awesome! The attention to detail is just remarkable.

tidders said...

the addition to the menagerie was inspired by the rhino Clara

tidders said...

the swiss galleys look very interesting, thanks for info