"Dame Judith Jacana was quite appalled that sundown was approaching and there was not a drop to drink."

Dame Judith has standards. Chief among them is the expectation that at sundown, gin shall materialise. It is not an unreasonable position. It is, in fact, the cornerstone of civilised life as she understands it. That the bottle hanging nearby is conspicuously empty is not merely an inconvenience — it is a moral failing on someone's part.

She intends to establish whose.

They belong to Animabilia – a cast of ten sets of African animals reimagined as members of a deliciously fading Edwardian society. Think Downton Abbey, but on the savannah. A world of croquet lawns and dwindling dinner invitations, of notorious libertines and inveterate gossips, of fancy dress balls and expeditions nobody asked to hear about. Each print is a digital collage combining authentic Victorian and Edwardian fashion engravings with vintage natural history illustrations of African wildlife – two worlds that have absolutely no business being together, and yet are completely convincing.

If you've been looking for wall art that is genuinely original, quietly witty, and actually worth looking at closely – this is it.