The Daily Painting: The Barn Owl

Monday, May 31, 2010

The Barn Owl

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Valentine Cameron Prinsep

(English, 1838-1904)

Il Barbagianni (The Barn Owl), ????

Oil on canvas

1 comment:

AnonymousJuly 12, 2010 at 9:50 AM
I Love barn owls!!!! they are soooooo cute!!!! that girl is lucky if she actually got to hold one---though I guess it would get a little old after awhile... ;D

:-* CM
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