Tasmanian Devil, fishing boat decoration

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Tasmanian Devil, fishing boat decoration

Location

On the wheelhouse of a Banff registered fishing boat BF47 Concorde
mobile artefact

Description

A painting of a Tasmanian Devil in the style of the well known cartoon character "Taz", It is obviously desired to keep the original rendering as it predates the last painting of the wheelhouse as indicated by some overpainting of the left leg.

Related Information

BF47 Concorde was built in the year 2000.
The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as "Taz" created by Robert McKimson in 1954, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons. The character appeared in only five shorts before the Warner Bros animation studio closed down, but marketing and television appearances later propelled the character to new popularity in the 1990s. Today Taz is one of the most recognizable members of the Looney Tunes roster.

Era

2000s

Categories

Iconography

  • cartoon characters

External Links

Photographer

  • Andrew Bruce

Unavailable Data

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