# @the.merl on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DITrQycqHJr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34009900-themerl-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b748c809f6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-11T13:11:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Museum of English Rural Life (@the.merl) — https://gondola.cc/the.merl

## Caption

Why did artists in the past make paintings of such impossibly large livestock? MERL curator Dr Ollie Douglas reveals all!

Hear more from Ollie and Katie in episode 2 of The Museum of English Rural Life podcast, Absolute Units. Grab the link in our bio! 🔊

#Art #BigCows #SomePig

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## Tags

art, bigcows, somepig

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