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Wheat John LINNELL Coming South Tom ROBERTS (ALPHABET/HAEMORRHAGE) Black Box of 100 Self Portrait Etchings 2 Mike PARR Yellowcake Sue FORD Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Lady in grey John LONGSTAFF Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom Edwin LANDSEER Andalusian farm Tristram HILLIER The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Keep Australia Beautiful Pitcha Makin Fellas, Ballarat, Victoria; Trudy Fatnowna Edgeley; Ted Laxton; Alison McRae Mental arithmetic Thomas Cooper GOTCH Interior of a cathedral Johannes BOSBOOM The confession of the Giaour Eugène DELACROIX Study for The Deluge William ETTY Richard St George Mansergh-St George Thomas GAINSBOROUGH Collection of 98 buttons Grant FEATHERSTON The conciliation Benjamin DUTERRAU October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE The last moments of Chlodobert Albert MAIGNAN Portraits of kabuki actors HIROSADA; KUNIMASU; MASANOBU; KUNISHIGE Trade delivers people #2 Narelle JUBELIN The wave Gustave COURBET Susanna and the Elders Jean-François MILLET Profile portrait of a lady NORTHERN ITALY The common creeper John LEWIN The Melbourne centrepiece GARRARD & CO., London (manufacturer) Queen Esther Edwin LONG The friends Gwen JOHN Djapu (Fish trap at Wandawuy) Ms N. Marawili The bulldog (guard dog). The bulldog which Mr. de Buffon mentions by both names, guard dog and doorman, is by nature unclean, not well built, curious, growls and is very surly. He constantly barks at the wrong moment. The tenants of the place he lives say that he is an ugly animal. The bulldog's or doorman’s job is to be responsible for guarding the house, but that is what he guards least. On the other hand he is much better at guarding letters, newspapers, calling cards, etc. He is extremely nasty and threatens to throw himself at those people who approach him. However, there is a certain way to tame him: when he shows his teeth one must show him a 100 sous coin. Instantly, he becomes soft and caressing like a poodle. The bulldog or doorman usually lives in dirty and smoky cabins, and thanks to the neighbourhood kids, he never runs out of kennels. Honoré DAUMIER