Trim

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Matthew Flinders, and Trim.

Euston Station, London

NW1 2RT

Mark Richards, Sculptor


Flinders and Trim

Donington, Licolnshire
 
Judith Holmes Drewery, Sculptor


Trim

Sydney

Sculptor John Cornwell

Trim was born at sea, and as a kitten, fell overboard and climbed back into the ship on a line.  Why said line was in the water is up to speculation.  Maybe it was the log line, my source says a rope.  There is only one rope on a ship and it is attached to the bell.  I am a sailor and quite snobbish about nomenclature.
He accompanied Matthew Flinders on his historic voyage mapping Australia, and was kidnapped and presumed eaten while Flinders was being held in French custody.  The French had no business imprisoning Flinders but the French empire had no business at sea, ha ha!  Oh, well, toujours l'audace.
Trim is named after Uncle Toby's butler in Tristram Shandy.


This portrait of Trim is done by I know not who.  It is my policy, always, to credit all art or creation to the owners.  When I find out who did this I will certainly post it.  Anachronistic but this is what Trim looked like.  Very well done.


The Cat That Roared.






Artist George Gordon McCrae (1833-1927) drew ‘seafurrer’ Trim crashing through a glass window, after the cat born and bred at sea encountered glass in a conventional house window for the first time.

 
Bon Voyage, Trim. 

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