Two paintings that gave Britain the first glimpse of a kangaroo and a dingo will stay in the country after a successful campaign.
Stubbs did not paint the animals in real life The works by George Stubbs, one of Britain's most famous artists, date from 1772.
Named The Kongouro From New Holland and Portrait Of A Large Dog, they were first shown at the Royal Academy in London the year after they were painted.
They gave the British public the first ever glimpse of the Australian animals.
The paintings were sold last year to a buyer outside the UK and there were fears they would soon leave the country.
The Portrait Of A Large Dog aimed to depict a dingo However the works were made the subject of a Government export bar while the National Maritime Museum was given a chance to raise funds to keep it.
Now a final donation of £1.5m from the Eyal Ofer Family Foundation means works will stay at the museum, in Greenwich, south London.
Sir David Attenborough, who publicly supported the museum's appeal, said: "Exciting news that these two pictures, so important in the history of zoological discovery, are to remain where they were commissioned and painted."
Stubbs was best known for his images of horses and dogs The iconic works are thought to have been commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks following his part in Captain James Cook's first voyage of discovery to the Pacific.
But Stubbs, best known for his images of horses and dogs, was unable to paint the creatures from life so worked from spoken accounts, and in the case of the kangaroo, from sketches and after inflating the preserved skin.
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