'The Dog', c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

'The Dog', c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

1-158-955 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'The Dog', c1850. The central image shows a typical collie sheepdog. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): the shepherd's companion, his dog; a Newfoundland dog rescuing a child from a river; a Scottish deerhound; a St Bernard dog rescuing a traveller from an avalanche; a blind man with his guide dog; husky dogs pulling Inuits in a sledge; making boots of dog skin; a guard dog frightening an intruder. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).


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Creator
  1. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, attributed to: British: Designer, artist, sculptor, author, and lecturer
People Related
  1. Thomas Varty: British: Publisher

Medium
  1. Lithograph

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Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Animal Life

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4524x3859
File Size : 51,147kb


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  1. 007216
  1. 007216
  1. 0460001666
  1. 1-158-955
  1. 1158955
  1. 1666

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