Tales of a traveling zoologist, with a sharp sense of style and an even sharper intellect. Ermantrude is the muse of the designer Charlotte Linton

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August 25, 2012

Charlie and I decide to recreate the cover of the The Black Island from Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin. Rumour has it that Hergé based the fictional ‘Ben More Castle’ on Kisimul Castle - a building which sits on an island in Castlebay harbour on the Isle of Barra. The fictional ‘Black Island’ and its castle is home to a monstrous creature which is under control of some villains - hopefully today we shall only find the odd seabird! Kisimul was the stonghold of the MacNeils and was built in the early 15th Century.

Charlie and I decide to recreate the cover of the The Black Island from Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin. Rumour has it that Hergé based the fictional ‘Ben More Castle’ on Kisimul Castle - a building which sits on an island in Castlebay harbour on the Isle of Barra. The fictional ‘Black Island’ and its castle is home to a monstrous creature which is under control of some villains - hopefully today we shall only find the odd seabird!

Kisimul was the stonghold of the MacNeils and was built in the early 15th Century.