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Originally Posted by matti467
There is also an issue with fleeces. Depends on the breed of sheep used to model for the die. There is some consternation, anecdotal, that the colonel of the regiment was unhappy withe the breed being a Sussex variety from the neighbouring county, Surrey having no native breed, and having later lambs based on a Derby tup. Apparently the Kings used the original horse of their colonel, a picture hanging in the officers mess hence continuity in shape and form.
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And further consternation over the original Agnus Dei design which (again apocryphal) was a study of a beast rendered by the artist in mid-May to mid-July of 1897. The sketches submitted to the WO for approval are said to have been of a rather emaciated and pitiful-looking creature, mid-May to mid-July (unbeknownst to the poor pittore) being shearing season, of course.