They Bear-ly Escape Through France - Outside Carcassone, France

from the novel ‘Post Captain’ by Patrick O'Brian

oil, 53" x 35" framed

$5,500

Reader's of Patrick O'Brian's novel 'Post Captain,' will remember the proud Captain Jack Aubrey's extreme irritation and embarrassment when his pal Dr. Maturin dressed him in a bear skin and paraded him through the French countryside as his "dancing bear" to alude French soldiers. In this clever painting Jack's unhappy visage can be revealed by literally peeling back the bear's head with your fingers...

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