tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51768510008329362702024-03-08T02:30:41.106-08:00The Antique Dog Photograph GalleryLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-8678030916474715892018-06-16T03:59:00.000-07:002018-06-16T04:42:04.049-07:00Whatever happened to Don the Bulldog?<div class="mod" id="prod-title">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">There are some occasions when It is not necessary to say more than a few words. Let me invite you to look at the face of this kindly Bulldog, Don, and then read on for the full inscription on the reverse of this photograph. After you’ve read it you must make up your own mind about what happened to Don.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&indiv=try&h=3824422" target="_blank">1901 census</a> Source Citation</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Class: RG13; Piece: 507; Folio: 129; Page: 5</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com5779-81 Rye Ln, London SE15 5EX, UK51.4711282 -0.06927110000003722225.949093700000002 -41.377865100000037 76.9931627 41.239322899999962tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-82239225591955852262016-07-01T12:46:00.000-07:002016-07-01T12:46:04.978-07:00Miniature Bull Terrier of Taunton<br />
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When I see a little Bull Terrier with a patch over one eye, I cannot help but think of the pet of Charles Dicken's most well known villian - Bill Sikes' <i>Bull's-eye</i>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"<i>Bill Sikes and Bull's-eye</i>" by Fred Barnard, 1912</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Frontispiece for <span class="book">The Adventures of Oliver
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Needless to say we cannot be concerned that the little dog in the photograph was treated with anything other than kindness by his owner, who puts a reassuring arm around the animal whilst they pose for their protrait in front of a naturalistic painted backdrop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The reverse of the photo mount</span></div>
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The photographer John Blizard was born in 1826 in Pershore, Worcestershire. Blizard married Sarah Ann Cosnett from Tauton, Somerset in Cheltenham on 9th June 1846. They went on to have five children; Annie, Matilda, Catherine, Ellen & Francis John.<br />
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In 1871 Blizard was working as a photographer at his home address of 52 East Street, Taunton, Somerset. Census records show that he employed "1 boy and 2 girls". His wife Sarah's occuaption is also listed as a photograher, and his eldest daughter Annie is listed as a "photographic colourist".<br />
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Blizard worked togther with John Webber for only a short time, after the death of Webber, Blizard continued working as a photographer. But within a decade the Blizard family's lives took very different turn. Census records from 1881 show the 54 year old John became Master of The Poor Law, Union Workhouse in Taunton. Sarah Ann worked as the Matron and Catherine and Francis John lived at the workhouse with their parents. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Union Workhouse, Taunton c1880s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The people standing on the path are very likely to be John and Sarah Blizard.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <i>Bill Sikes and Bull's-eye</i> by <a href="http://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/barnard/17.html" target="_blank">Fred Barnard</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Marriage of <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=sRg18&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john&gsfn_x=0&gsln=blizard&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1826&mssng=sarah&cpxt=1&cp=11&catbucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=12180232&db=GloucMarriages&indiv=1&ml_rpos=5" target="_blank">John Blizard 1846</a>. Ancestry.com. <i>Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=sRg20&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=john&gsfn_x=0&gsln=blizard&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1826&mssng=sarah&cpxt=1&cp=11&catbucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=14729003&db=uki1871&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3" target="_blank">John Blizard and family in the 1871 census</a>. Ancestry.com. <i>1871 England Census</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Alternative CDV mount design for "<a href="http://earlyphotographers.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/blog-post_2583.html" target="_blank">J. Blizard late Webber & Blizard</a>" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/runninginsuffolk/12012146395" target="_blank">Another CDV by Webber & Blizard</a> featuring a sitter with their dog</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Workhouse, The Story of an Insitution - <a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Taunton/Taunton1881.shtml" target="_blank">Record of Staff at the Taunton Union Workhouse 1881</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Workhouse, The Story of an Insitution - <a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Taunton/" target="_blank">Taunton</a> </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com452 East St, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3NA, UK51.0146575 -3.098801999999977951.0145015 -3.0991169999999779 51.014813499999995 -3.0984869999999778tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-77082050127290615222015-11-03T13:05:00.000-08:002015-11-03T13:05:00.426-08:00The Old Lady Who Was Really A Dog<br />
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No your eyes are not deceiving you, what we have here is not a delicate old lady, but a little terrier dressed up! The shoulder of the dog's owner can just be seen on the right as they hide behind the carefully placed fabric curtain to hold the dog up for the exposure.<br />
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The Victorian era was one where the relationships & connections between the human and animal kingdom were hotly debated. In art and literature the dog became symbol that could represent any number of values and social stereotypes. Depictions of anthropomorphic dogs (dressed as humans) helped the anti-vivisection movement of the time to bring the debate on animal treatment to a wide audience.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Illustrations by Victorian Illustrator Harrison Weir, c1870s</span></div>
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With the photograph I'm certain however there was no bigger social commentary going on, just a bit of fun! Who won't want to see if their favourite pet suited a dress and bonnet?<br />
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The photograph was taken in London by Bertollé & Son's Studio, 268 Caledonian Road, Islington. The Studio was operated by photographer James Parton until 1857 when he was succeed by James Bertollé.<br />
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The Studio stayed in the Bertollé family, and his son, James Lewis William Bertollé continued the business, with his own son joining him in 1890 (another James!) James Charles Bertollé.<br />
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James Lewis was a banjoist as well as a photographer, teaching James Charles to play the instrument at an early age. By 1897 James Charles was not only working as a photographer with his father but playing banjo concerts and teaching between 30 and 40 banjo lessons per week. The Studio at Caledonian road must have been very busy! At the studio they also sold "<i>Dexter</i>" banjo's, named after James Charles' banjo duet band name "<i>The Dexters</i>"<span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Studio at 268 Caledonian road is still standing, and is now several grade-II listed flats.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/weir/cooke3.html" target="_blank"><i>Harrison Weir, Anthropomorphism, and moralizing books for Children and Adults</i></a>, Simon Cooke Ph.D, 2013</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ymtECgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><i>Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture</i></a>, Louise Penner, 2015 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Dog's Grand Dinner Party</i>, McLoughlin Brothers, illustrated by Harrison Weir, 1870</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=454" target="_blank">James Barton</a>, in the London 19th Century Photographer Database</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=654" target="_blank">James Bertolle</a>, in the London 19th Century Photographer Database</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=656" target="_blank">James Lewis William Bertolle</a>, in the London 19th Century Photographer Database</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=655" target="_blank">James Charles Bertolle</a>, in the London 19th Century Photographer Database</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">British Banjo Makers, <a href="http://www.whitetreeaz.com/vintage/brit1.htm" target="_blank">Part 1 </a></span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com9268 Caledonian Rd, London N1 0NG, UK51.538704 -0.116508199999998426.016669500000003 -41.4251022 77.0607385 41.1920858tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-29023644719601289752015-05-30T11:53:00.000-07:002015-05-30T11:53:21.252-07:00The St. Bernard Puppy of Southport<br />
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A tiny little girl sits on an seemingly enormous cushion with her St Bernard Puppy in this portrait from the 1880s. Which one of them is the cutest is difficult to decide. Perhaps the proportions of this young pup, with his huge, chunky paws will sway your decision!<br />
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The photographer Lambert Partington was born in
Lancashire, son of John & Harriet in 1840. He married Mary Hannah in 1875 and they had three children - Edith Emily (born about 1878),
Lilian (born about 1879) and Harriett (born 1884). In their early
twenties whilst still living at home the two eldest sisters worked as
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The Studio where the photograph was taken on Bath Street, was in operation under the Partington name from 1871 to 1921<br />
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This pup looks like he just stepped out from one of Dutch artist Otto Eerelman's 19th century dog portraits. Just like <i>Saint-Bernard Puppies</i> painted in 1904, shown below.<br />
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Eerelman had a real talent in rendering the lighthearted, cheerful natures of these pups, with their soft fur, in just a few simple brushstrokes.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lambert Partington in the <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1841&h=6131871&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8767" target="_blank">1841 Census</a>, <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=11578349&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8978" target="_blank">1851 Census</a>, <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1861&h=14371707&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7572" target="_blank">1861 Census</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lambert Partington in the <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&h=25764310&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8767" target="_blank">1891 Census</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Example of <a href="http://www.ephemera-society.org.uk/articles/articles.html" target="_blank">an alternate mount design</a> for a CDV from Partington's Southport studio, and another design <a href="http://www.acgart.gr/acg-collection/ARTISTS/P/ParL/ParL1900lady.htm" target="_blank">here</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.victorianphotographers.co.uk/index.php?searchStr=partington&_a=viewCat&Submit=%C2%A0" target="_blank">Lambert Partington</a> on the <a href="http://victorianphotographers.co.uk/">victorianphotographers.co.uk</a> database </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/otto-eerelman-saint-bernard-puppies-5368051-details.aspx#top" target="_blank">Otto Eerelman <i>Saint-Bernard Puppies</i></a> in Cristie's Auctions, 2010 </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com30Southport, Merseyside, UK53.650436795826266 -3.00472689895013953.648083795826267 -3.0097693989501391 53.652789795826266 -2.9996843989501389tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-53383274775874203262015-03-11T11:31:00.000-07:002015-03-11T11:31:54.637-07:00The Scottish Terrier : A Breed of Two TypesThis year's Best in Show Crufts winner was a Scottish Terrier <i>Champion McVan's from Russia with love</i>, or "Knopa" to her family. If you could say anything about this dog, apart from her good
looks, it would be that she is extremely well traveled. A natvie
Scottish breed, bred in the USA who lives in Russia and came all the way to England to compete in the world's biggest dog show. It is for Knopa that I write this post, about a Scotty in my archive who is perhaps one of the Champion's distant ancestors.<br />
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Over 100 years ago a well-to-do lady took her two beloved companions with her to the photographers studio to have their portrait taken. Once of these dogs, a Border Collie was unable to sit still for the duration of the photographic exposure, but the other dog, a Scotty, managed to stay perfectly still & alert for his big moment.<br />
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For the photograph the pair of dogs had their leather muzzles removed so their faces could be better seen. I have looked at this photograph many times and wondered why the muzzles were left in the foreground of the image. Perhaps the owner used them as a warning to the dogs that they would be put straight back on if they did not behave for the photographer! The photographer in question was J. A. Latter. He operated his Studio in St Mary's Road in Wallingford, Oxfordshire between 1899 & 1911 so we can date this photograph between those years. <br />
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If we look at a photograph by Darren Staples taken of Knopa on her winning evening at Crufts and compare it to the 1900's Scotty, you can see how the breed has been developed and altered over the years.<br />
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As with many dog breed's the exact origin of the Scottish terrier was the subject of much debate in the 1870's. As interest in dogs in general grew there was a need to classify individual varieties. The Scotty of the early 1900's was of mixed heritage, descended from a number of different Scottish working terriers. There were two types of dogs in particular which were particular important to the development of the breed; the <i>Aberdeen Terrier</i> and the <i>Highland Terrier</i>.<br />
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The British Museum holds within its natural history collections a specimen of each of these types which you can see below. The Aberdeen Terrier is on the left and was given to the museum by the Royal Veterinary College in 1900. The Highland Terrier has a much smoother coat and can be seen on the right.<br />
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In 1890 the Kennel Club assumed overall control of pedigree registrations, and in 1892 The Scottish Terrier Club was formed and a breed standard was created for the Scottish Terrier.<br />
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Having started this post with a Scottish Terrier successful at a dog-show, I'll end with another. Here is an engraving of "Granite" the first ever Scottish Terrier to be shown at a Kennel Club Show.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mcvanscotties.com/" target="_blank">McVan's Scottish Terriers</a> Website</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs of the last hundred years at the British Museum (Natural History)</i>, Kim Dennis-Bryan & Julier Clutton-Brock, 1988</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cassell's New Book of the Dog, Vol III, Robert Leighton, 1910</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Oxfordshire County Council, History Centre, <a href="http://pictureoxon.com/POX_web_2.1_Photographers%20-%20list%20of%20Oxfordshire%20photographers.pdf" target="_blank">List of Oxford Photographers</a></span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com8Saint Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 0EL, UK51.5991754 -1.124756199999978951.5942439 -1.1348411999999788 51.6041069 -1.114671199999979tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-87098933904349163332015-02-19T13:08:00.000-08:002015-02-19T13:08:01.406-08:00The Cocker Spaniel Who Had Four BrothersMy first post in 2015 is a double! Featuring two photographs taken at the same time but featuring different poses.<br />
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In the first photograph four brothers pose together with their Cocker Spaniel- some of the brothers look more pleased to be having their photographs taken than others! Note the carefully arranged wooden building blocks on the table in the centre of the image.<br />
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In the second photograph the youngest (and most fidgety) of the brothers is posed on his own with the Cocker. This little boy obviously wasn't happy with the arrangement of the building blocks, having knocked them down and spread some of them on the floor as well!<br />
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I'm sure the sweet little Cocker was kept very busy by the four brothers. Known for their tireless energy and intelligence the Cocker is a perfect companion. I will at this point admit I am somewhat biased, having known many lovely Cockers in my life and currently owning one! (click <a href="http://www.antiquedogphotographs.co.uk/p/about-this-website.html" target="_blank">here</a> to see a photo of my working Cocker Hedley.)<br />
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This dark coloured Cocker certainly could do with a trim! The dog's face is narrow and quite delicate, and from this I would think it not unlikely that it is a female.<br />
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Photographer Henry Jonathan Hitchcock was born in Leicester in 1869. He married his wife Edith Mary Smith in October 1895 and they had two daughters. Henry opened his photographic studio in the family home at 64 Sparkenhoe Street in Leicester in 1899. My photographs date from circa 1902 when Hitchcock began using the name "Lawn Studio" which you can see on the mount of the photographs.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">H. J. Hitchcock in the early photographers directory (<a href="http://www.early-photographers.org.uk/Leics%20H.html" target="_blank">Leicester</a>)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=henry+jonathan&gsln=hitchcock&msbdy=1870&msbpn__ftp=leicester&msgdy=1896&cpxt=1&uidh=2u4&cp=11&mssng0=Edith&pcat=BMD_MARRIAGE&h=13925659&recoff=7+8+9&db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3" target="_blank">Henry Jonathan Hitchcock & Edith Mary Smith</a> in the FreeBMD. <i>England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915</i> [database on-line] </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com564 Sparkenhoe Street, Leicester, Leicester LE2 0TA, UK52.6308407 -1.119104600000014227.1088062 -42.427698600000014 78.1528752 40.189489399999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-82018147619123951582014-10-06T08:21:00.000-07:002014-10-06T08:21:22.168-07:00Winifred & Her Rough CollieI have a number of photographs with children & their pet dogs in my collection, but I think these two photographs would win an award for the most charming.<br />
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In the first photograph Winifred's little hands are slightly blurred as she clutches onto the lead of her Rough Collie, who according to the annotation on the reverse might be called "Whit".<br />
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Winifred's portrait was taken by photographer William Coles. His Studio resided at 60 Queen's Road from approximately 1890 to 1908, during which time Coles photographed HRH Princess Eulalie of Spain as well as his more ordinary clients. Below is a postcard view of Queen's road from circa early 1900s.<br />
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Winifred was certainly a lucky little girl to have such a beautiful Rough Collie as a pet. Take a look at the second photo of the pair in a slightly different pose. Doesn't the dog's fur look soft?<br />
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Winifred was a very lucky little girl to have such a beautiful Collie as a pet. The origins of the Collie hail from Scotland were they were used for a variety of agricultural pursuits. The Collie is one of the most ancient breeds with more than a passing resemblance to the wolves from which it is descended.<br />
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Theo Marples, Victorian editor of <i>Our Dogs</i> magazine describes the breed thus:<br />
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<b>"<i>The modern rough-coated Scotch Collie is, without doubt, one of the handsomest examples of the canine species, his long, intelligent head, enormous coat and frill, proportionate frame and symmetry, and great buoyancy of disposition appealing to all dog lovers, and which account for his at once coming into popularity.</i>"</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Engraving of two champion Collies from <i>Dogs of the British Isles</i>, 1872</span><b></b></div>
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<b><u>A Short Family History of Winifred Hutchings Larcombe</u></b><br />
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Winifred was the first daughter of Frances (nee Poulton) and Ernest Hutchings Larcombe. You can see their portraits below. <br />
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Frances & Ernest married on 30th June 1894 in St Albans.<br />
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Winifred was born in April 1895. The family lived comfortably, Ernest worked as a law clerk and the family was able to afford a domestic servant who lived with them in their home.<br />
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In 1911 when she was 16 Winifred was a Bridesmaid, but she herself would never marry. She died aged 60 in 1956.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hertfordshire Genealogy - <a href="http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/postcards/publisher-coles-watford.htm" target="_blank">The Photographs & Postcards of Coles of Watford</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=william&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=coles&gsln_x=XO&msypn__ftp=watford&msbdy=1854&gskw=photographer&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41085674&db=1911England&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1" target="_blank">William Coles</a>, Photographer in the 1911 England Census</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/98814052" target="_blank">Larcombe-Morpett Wedding</a> in the <i>Goulburn Evening Penny Post Newspaper</i>, 14th of October 1911</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1901&h=7688914&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1352" target="_blank">Larcombe family</a> in the 1901 England Census </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=winifred+hutchings&gsln=larcombe&msbdy=1896&sbo=0&uidh=2u4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41090897&db=1911England&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1" target="_blank">Larcombe family</a> in the 1911 England Census</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Show Dogs, Their Points & Characteristics, How to Breed for Prizes & Profits</i>, Theo Marples, 1915 </span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com060 Queen's Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD17, UK51.6570135 -0.3929421000000274951.656974999999996 -0.39302110000002749 51.657052 -0.3928631000000275tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-71695389301181286822014-06-03T12:24:00.002-07:002014-06-03T12:24:22.785-07:00Curly Coat in the Snow<br />
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Here we have another first in my collection, a portrait of a young man and his dog taken outside in the snow... real snow not like the "studio snow" in <a href="http://www.antiquedogphotographs.co.uk/2013/02/pitbull-in-snow.html" target="_blank">this cabinet card</a>. The young man stands and pretends to load his muzzle loading shotgun, obviously a prized possession and perhaps a tool of his trade.<br />
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It is likely this young lad used his shotgun for waterfowl hunting, his Curly Coat retriever is our clue to this, as this is what the breed was originally bred for.<br />
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It is thought that the origin of the Curly Coat is earlier than his flat-coated relative, although the curly is most likely of less pure decent. At some point it the Curly Coat's breed history the "gentleman from France" (the poodle) was very likely to have been introduced into the breed. Author Robert Leighton writes of the breed in 1907:<br />
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<i><b>"Such a cross [of the Retriever & Poodle] may conceivably have been resorted to by early breeders, and there was little to lose...for the poodle is well known to be by nature, if not by systematic training, and excellent water dog, capable of being taught anything that the canine mind can comprehend."</b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Engraving of a Curly-Coated Retriever from <i>Breaking & Training Dogs</i>, by Pathfinder & Hugh Dalziel, 1885</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The photograph of the young man & his Curly Coat was taken in Hitchin, Hertfordshire by Thomas Benwell Latchmore. (1832-1908) Latchmore was the eldest son
of a Quaker family who ran a grocery shop in the High Street, Hitchin. An
interest in chemistry led him to study photography. About 1865 he built a
studio in Bancroft Street, Hitchin and set up in business. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Latchmore's photograph of The Trooper Public House at the end of Bancroft Street c1860</span></div>
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We can date the portrait to between 1865 and c1870 as it was taken at Bancroft Street. Latchmore bought other property in Brand Street, Hitchin in 1870 which had belonged to another earlier photographer George Avery, he moved his business there, living there until his death in 1908.<br />
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<a href="http://www.antiquedogphotographs.co.uk/search/label/Breed%20%3A%20Curly%20Coat%20Retriever" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more Curly Coat's from my collection.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The <a href="http://www.north-herts.gov.uk/index/leisure_and_culture/museums/hitchin_museum_and_art_gallery/photography_collection/latchmore_collection.htm" target="_blank">Latchmore Collection</a> of North Hertfordshire District Council</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Breaking & Training Dogs</i>, by Pathfinder & Hugh Dalziel, 1885</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Cassell's New Book of The Dog, Vol. II</i>, by Robert Leighton, 1907</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/postcards/publisher-latchmore-hitchin.htm" target="_blank">Thomas Latchmore</a> on Hertford Geneology</span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK51.94921 -0.2834139999999933951.9100685 -0.3640949999999934 51.9883515 -0.20273299999999339tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-2014141312609967762014-04-01T12:40:00.000-07:002014-04-03T12:45:48.227-07:00Mela Ram's Miltary Dogs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two young gents pose for a photograph in an exotic location with their dogs, perhaps this was intended as a gift for loved ones at home?<br />
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The two dogs are or indeterminate breed, but certainly both of Jack Russell type, one being wire haired and the other smooth coated.<br />
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Both men wear British/Home Establishment pattern Khaki cotton uniforms. The seated Corporal also has a medal ribbon, possibly a South African Campaign medal, so he was certainly well travelled.<br />
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When I bought this photograph for my collection, it also came with a second image featuring the smooth coated Jack Russell:<br />
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The two soldiers have had their dog posed with a Military swagger stick, cap and selection of medals, as well as glasses and a pipe! What a well trained and well behaved little dog he must have been.<br />
It is unclear as to whether the photographer of the more formal group portrait, Mela Ram, also took this fun image, as there are no photographers details on the mount.<br />
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Mela Ram was a pioneering war photographer based in Peshawar. From the 16th century until the mid 1880s, Peshawar was controlled by Afghanistan. But following the Second Anglo-Sikh war in 1849, Peshawar became part of British India.<br />
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Mela Ram marched with the British army, taking photographs
of British military expeditions including those into into Kohat & Wazirsitan. Some other fantastic examples of his Solider portraits can be seen <a href="http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-SergeantMajorAlexanderMillarDCM.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-DrummerGordonHighlanders.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Mela Ram’s eldest son Labindranath and
his three sons - Roshan Lall, Hiral Lall and Kishan Lall migrated to
Dehradun with a battalion of the 5th Gorkha Rifles and set up a studio
in 1947. The very same year Peshawar became part of the newly created Pakistan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><b>Sources:</b></u></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">History of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar" target="_blank">Peshawar</a> on Wikipedia </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mela Ram in <a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090819/dplus.htm" target="_blank"><i>The India Tribune</i>, 18th August 2009</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Example of <a href="http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-SergeantMajorAlexanderMillarDCM.html" target="_blank">Military Portrait by Mela Ram (1)</a> on Soldiers of the Queen </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Example of <a href="http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-DrummerGordonHighlanders.html" target="_blank">Military Portrait by Mela Ram (2)</a> on Soldiers of the Queen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mela Ram & Sons, <a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18942/lot/303/" target="_blank">An album of 32 views illustrating the Waziristan campaign of 1919-1920</a>, Bohams Auctions 2011</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.harappa.com/post4/frontier0.html" target="_blank">Mela Ram</a> on Harappa Image Collection</span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com65Peshawar, Pakistan34.0149748 71.58048989999997533.8043298 71.25776639999998 34.2256198 71.90321339999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-66100818566743581292014-02-26T13:03:00.002-08:002014-02-26T13:03:47.933-08:00Minos the Wonderful Performing Dog<br />
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In Switzerland, c1875 a very special little dog had his photograph taken. His name was Minos and he belonged to Madame Hager. I could write at length about this little dog, but he is best summed up by detailed descriptions of him that appeared is newspapers of the time - from <i>Spectator</i> in London to as far afield as Christchurch, New Zealand's <i>Star</i>.<br />
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<i><b>"Minos" is
like a Skye of the long-haired, silky kind, only that he turns his
little feathered fore-paws out in an odd way, which reminds one of the
hands of certain lecturers when they are emphatic ; his large brown eyes
are inquiring, serious, and closely attentive ; his little black nose
twitches with a variety of expressions very curious to observe, as the
several problems of his arithmetical examination are presented to him ;
and to see him lift his head with a sharp air of questioning, and
slightly shake it when be has been answered to his satisfaction, is the
prettiest and quaintest sight possible. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>He was deposited on a large
table by his mistress, and mildly regarded so many of the company as
were within easy reach, but he betrayed no vulgar curiosity, while he
waited until Madame Hager's preparations were complete. She conversed
with him cheerfully, as she arranged a number of cards bearing the
numerals 1, 2, 3, and so on, and several double figures. With a gentle
shake of one paw, the little creature began his "exercises." He picked
out a dozen cards in succession, named by various persons among the
audience, the number being distinctly repeated to him by his mistress,
and then she asked any one present to name a sum in addition which
"Minos," who had just brought the card marked 6 in his mouth to her,
should work. A lady said, "Let him add 12 to it." " Ajoute dome,
'Minos,' cherche, apporte !" He gave his mistress a long look, twitched
his nose, ambled gently over the spread cards, without displacing them,
and presently returned, carrying in his mouth the card marked 18.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Every one wanted to know "how it was done," few were
contented to receive Madame Hager's assurance that the feat is
entirely one of memory, when "Minos" picks out an individual among the
royal and princely personages of Europe (he even crosses the Line in
favour of the Seyyid of Zanzibar) at the re- quest of any member of the
audience. A favourite theory was that Madame Hager conveyed an
indication to him by changes of voice in repeating the name after the
chance nominator. But even if it were so, that would be a more
surprising exercise of memory, because it would require its employment
on count- less inflexions of one voice, and the connection of them with
the pictures, of which he is said to recognise four hundred. He picked
out twenty-five without any difficulty, and when the titles of the Queen
of England and the Princess of Wales were changed to "the august mama"
and the "august wife" of the Prince of Wales (who is a special patron of
"Minos ;" indeed, he came to London at the express invitation of His
Royal Highness), he found the portraits just as readily. The spectacle
was a charming one, not only because of the extraordinary sagacity and
memory of the little performer, but because of something exquisitely
gentle, trustful, and loving in his look and movements which went to
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Minos was born in Vienna in 1870, the weakest of three pups he was adopted by Madame Hager's only daughter Marie. She had a strong affinity for
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He first tecnique was to perpetually talk to them, and she adopted it at once with Minos. From the very moment Marie took Minos under her wing it is said "<i>she had no companion except the dog ; he was her doll, her play- fellow,
her confidant ; she talked to him incessantly, and about everything ;
she showed him everything, she took him everywhere ; her friends were
his friends ; she educated him to his present pitch of erudition, and
taught him one accomplishment which he has since lost, or perhaps
declines to practise (who can tell the mystery of the doggish heart?)</i>" </div>
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Sadly Marie died of consumption. <i>The despair of
the dog when the girl's coffin was removed was terrible. He had not left
her side for a moment, and no one had the heart to take him away, when,
after desperate efforts to warm and waken her, he lay down by her,
moaning, and cried himself to sleep. </i></div>
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After a while, he came to love the girl's mother with something
of the same intensity ; but it is an added, not a transferred,
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Let us sum up Minos with the words of Madame Hager: </div>
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<i><b>So many people ask me, What is your secret?' I have no secret, except that I love dogs, and they love me. Minos' never leaves me ; I tell him
everything I think and feel, all joys and all troubles ; he knows my
thoughts ; we are only two, in England, and I never hurt him by keeping
silence. He never rehearses ; it is needless. He has no fear of any one
or anything, for he never had a harsh word spoken or a finger raised to
him in his life. There's no secret, except the truth that men will not
see ; that you can do anything with a dog, if you only make him the
friend and companion he wants to be.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> The reverse of the photograph mount</span><i><b><br /></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><b>Sources:</b></u></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/Record.aspx?EvanID=024-000000603&ImageIndex=0" target="_blank"><i>Minos The Wonderful Performing Dog</i></a> - flyer in the Collection of the British Library</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"<a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS18750925.2.11" target="_blank"><i>To Meet Minos</i></a>", The Christchurch <i>Star</i>, Issue 2346, 25 September 1875, Page 3</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.badrutt.org/PiBa-VD-610.htm" target="_blank">Collection of photographs</a> by J. Jeanneret </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0Montreux, Switzerland46.4360031 6.910275400000045946.3484871 6.748913900000046 46.5235191 7.0716369000000459tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-25883540115885139342014-01-30T00:33:00.001-08:002014-01-30T00:33:22.637-08:00The Sleepy Mastiff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How to get your dog to wait patiently to have his photograph taken? Perhaps simply wait for him to relax, close his eyes and have a little nap. This is certainly what has happened in the case of the handsome brindle Mastiff in this photograph.<br />
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Posed against a simple backdrop, the different shades of colour in the dogs coat can be easily picked out. The piece of dark furniture to the right of the image gives a sense of scale.<br />
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In 1887 John Henry Walsh wrote of the ideal colour of a Mastiff in his book <i>The Dog in Health and Disease</i>:<br />
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The photograph was taken by Robert Slingsby. Born in 1839 Slingsby began his career in Lincoln in 1859, early in his photographic pratice he was also a stationer and dealer of artist supplies. His most important contribution to the world of photography was his research into the use of flash light for photography. As early as 1869 Slingsby had a photograph reproduced in <i>Illustrated London News</i> that had been created with artificial light. In 1890 Slingsby was granted a patent for a device that synchronized a flash lamp with a camera shutter. He died in Lincoln in 1895.<br />
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The Mastiff along with the Greyhound is one of the most ancient of all dog breeds. Like many breeds, its original origins are uncertain. But it is most like to have been developed in the far eastern regions of Assyria. In many museums examples of Mastiff type dogs can be seen depicted on bas-reliefs that date back as far as 2200 B. C.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=robert&gsln=slingsby&msypn__ftp=lincoln&gskw=photographer&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=19548610&db=uki1891&indiv=1&ml_rpos=8" target="_blank">Robert Slingsby</a> in the 1891 England Census</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp71679/robert-slingsby?role=art" target="_blank">Robert Slingsby</a> in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Royal Photographic Society Exhibitions <a href="http://erps.dmu.ac.uk/exhibitor_details.php?year=1894&efn=Robert+Slingsby" target="_blank">featuring Robert Slingsby</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, John Hannavy, 2007</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Dog in Health and Disease,</i> John Henry Walsh, 1887</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dog Painting 1840-1940</i>, William Second, 1992</span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com6Lincoln, UK53.230688 -0.5405789999999797153.154627 -0.70194049999997965 53.306749 -0.37921749999997972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-88191367341811893662014-01-09T13:57:00.000-08:002014-01-09T13:57:05.482-08:00Terriers of the Royal Artillery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After this website's <a href="http://www.antiquedogphotographs.co.uk/2013/11/mrs-thorpes-school-dog.html" target="_blank">first School Group & dog photograph</a>, we kick off 2014 with another first - a Military group photograph with three dogs! Click on the image for a larger view.<br />
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This group contains Soldiers of the British Royal Garrison Artillery. Dressed in their pillbox hats and 'undress' frock jackets. If you compare these jackets to full dress uniform there are fewer buttons (only five) down the front and the
sleeve decoration is trefoil instead of the more fancy Austrian knot.<br />
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If we compare one Soldier from the photograph with a 1880 watercolour by Richard Simkin, you can see the bright colours of his uniform, which are not visible in the monochrome photograph.<br />
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This Solider also has an additional chevron stripe on his arm above the cuff decoration, compared to the watercolour illustration. A single chevron denotes 2 years service of "good conduct". This chevron also helps to date the photograph, as before 1881 the chevrons were worn on the right sleeve. As this chevron is on the left sleeve we can say the photograph must have been taken after 1881.<br />
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Interestingly some of the other men in the photograph (such as the one in the brimmed hat and pale jacket above) are wearing "mufti" or civilian dress. Those I have spoken to in researching this photograph believe this indicates the photograph having been taken at a large Royal Garrison Artillery barracks.<br />
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This line of enquity lead to Shoeburyness, in Essex and the site of a large former Artillery Barracks. Disused since 1976, the barracks was sold off in 2000 and converted into Grade II listed housing, retaining many original features. In the photo below you can see one of these houses and what must have been the setting for my antique photograph taken all those years ago.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Artillery volunteers at Shoeburyness</i><br />Engraving from <i>The Illustrated London News</i>, 1871 - Click on the image for a larger view</span></div>
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And now we must talk about the dogs, there are three in the photograph. They appear to be Jack Russell type terriers, they would have proved useful at the Barracks, not just for companionship but also to kill rats in the horse stables.</div>
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The Jack Russell's that we know today, can be traced back to those bread by a man who gave them his name - the Reverend John Russell. Hunting with dogs in the early 1800's came with a problem -<br />
difficulty in differentiating the dog from the animal it was pursuing, which could prove very dangerous. This brought the need for a mostly white dog. During Russell's final year of university in 1819, he purchased a small white & tan terrier female named Trump from a local milkman.<br />
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Davies, a friend of Russell's, wrote "<i>Trump was such an animal as Russell had only seen in his dreams</i>." Her colouring was described as ".<i>..white, with just a patch of dark tan
over each eye and ear; whilst a similar dot, not larger than a penny
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">The only picture of Trump that exists was painted more
than 50 years after the she had died. The painting </span><span style="color: black;">was commissioned
by the Prince of Wales (later King George VII) who came to
consider the Reverend Russell a friend. Today the picture
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Trump became the basis for a Russell's breeding program in which he hoped to develop a special terrier with a high stamina for hunting and the courage to chase out foxes. <br />
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D. Brian Plumer writes in his book <i>The Complete Jack Russell Terrier</i>:<br />
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<b><i>"Whether or not John Russell kept a strain
of rough-coated fox terriers will continue to be debated for years to
come. Many accuse the parson of having been simply a dealer, buying and
breeding from any terrier that took his fancy, supplementing his meager
income by wheeling and dealing in livestock. One thing is fairly
certain, however: that he did much to popularize the wire-haired fox
terrier - now one of the most popular breeds in Britain, but at that
time a Cinderella, a poor relation of the smooth fox terrier. Russell
was, in fact, one of the founder members of the Kennel Club."</i></b>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><b>Sources:</b></u></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>An Artillery Officer & Crimean hero of Old School</i> - on <a href="http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/artillery-officer-and-crimean-hero-of.html" target="_blank">Photo-Sleuth</a></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishartillery/ra.htm" target="_blank">Royal Artillery</a> on the British Empire</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Excellent information and ideas for research were found on the friendly <a href="http://victorianwars.com/" target="_blank">Victorian Wars Forum</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>A Memoir of the Rev. John Russell and His Out of Doors Life</i> - E. W. L. Davies, 1883</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Complete Jack Russell Terrier</i> - D. Brian
Plummer, 1996</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.terrierman.com/historypics.htm" target="_blank"><i>A Pictorial History of Terriers; Their Politics & Their Place</i></a> on The Terrier Man </span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Russell_Terrier" target="_blank">Jack Russell Terrier</a> on Wikipedia </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com1Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, UK51.531522 0.797853000000031926.009487500000002 -40.510740999999967 77.0535565 42.106447000000031tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-49775363901720139072013-12-23T12:30:00.000-08:002013-12-31T05:41:37.660-08:00Aren't you just the Cutest Thing..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The title of most adorable photograph in my collection must surely go to this image of a little blonde girl with her dog and two puppies. Perhaps one of the more unusual elements of this photograph is the range of expressions that have been captured in the exposure.<br />
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From the cheeky, smile-like expression of the mother dog, with her tongue hanging out & the puzzled look on the little girls face:<br />
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To the contented puppy, and the other who cannot stifle a big yawn (having your portrait taking is obviously a tiring business!)<br />
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<b><i>Age: 49, </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Colour of Hair: Gray, </i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=alonzo&gsln=rifenburg&msypn__ftp=San+Jose%2c+Santa+Clara%2c+California%2c+USA&msypn=69378&msypn_PInfo=8-|0|1652393|0|2|3249|7|0|2620|69378|0|&gskw=photographer&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&cp=12&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=906607&db=CAGreatRegisters&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2" target="_blank">Alonzo Gardner Rifenburg</a> in (California State Library, California History Section;) <i>Great Registers, 1866-1898</i>; Collection Number: <i>4 - 2A</i>; CSL Roll Number: <i>126</i>; FHL Roll Number: <i>977290</i>. </span></div>
<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0241 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113, USA37.3323041 -121.8877661000000237.3322546 -121.88784510000002 37.332353600000005 -121.88768710000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-40449923723994250352013-11-25T12:58:00.001-08:002013-12-31T05:42:06.186-08:00Mrs Thorpe's School Dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a first for the Antique Dog Photograph Gallery - a school group photo. Look carefully to spot the dog in the middle of the front row. Click on the image to enlarge for a better view.<br />
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The photograph was taken by L. Wandy of 108 Renfield St, Glasgow, Scotland. Wandy is somewhat of a mystery, as there is no trace of him to be found in trade directories of the time, or in any variation of a search on ancestry.com that I have been able to think of.<br />
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However I have found other examples of school photos by Wandy, so they must have been something of a specialty of his. <br />
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The style of the mount dates the image to the mid-1880s. The address in Renfield Street was occupied by J. Douglas and Son photographers until 1883, and subsequently
David Duiguid & Son photographers from 1885 till 1886. So perhaps Wandy worked for one of these firms as a guest, and this would go some way to explaining the title of "Artist" rather than photographer on the photo mount.<br />
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On the reverse of the photo "<i>Mrs Thorpe's School</i>" is written faintly in pencil. I wonder if the woman on the far right of the back row is Mrs Thorpe? This woman, who ever she is is holding something hair under her arm, which must be a dog, who was perhaps unable to keep still when the photograph was taken.<br />
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The main attraction of this photo is the little dog in the centre of the front row of children - a Clydesdale or Paisley Terrier.<br />
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Victorian author Rawdon Lee wrote of these dogs in 1894:<br />
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<b><i>It has been said that this terrier was originally a cross between the ordinary Skye Terrier and the Yorkshire
terrier, but, although it is of quite modern origin, no proof has been
produced when such crosses took place or who made them. Much more likely
origin is that the variety was made by the Glasgow and other Scottish
dog fanciers <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">crossing</span> the
softer-coated, lighter-coloured prick-eared Skye terriers with each
other until they bred fairly truly and produced the Skye terriers in an
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In the earliest days of dog showing when many individual breeds were much less defined than they are today, Clydesdale or Paisley terriers were shown together in the same classes as Skye Terriers, much to the annoyance of the Skye fanciers. Thomson Gray writes about this in his book <i>Dogs of Scotland</i>:<br />
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<b><i>At the shows which used to be held at Glasgow... these silky-coated terriers were seen in all their beauty,
and the fact of their appearing there as Skyes was what first brought
them into prominence. The fanciers of the hard-coated Skyes rose in arms
against them, holding that they were not Skyes, as they had a silky
coat, and were only pretty 'mongrels' bred from Skye terrier
'rejections,' and ought to be known as Glasgow or Paisley Skyes. On the
other hand, the breeders of the silky-coated dogs held, as a matter of
course, that the texture of coat their dogs possessed was the correct
one. This was untenable, as until the introduction of this breed no
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<b><i>After the decision against the eligibility of the silky-coated dog
to compete in the Skye terrier classes, the breed rapidly declined. A
few, however, held to the breed out of pure love and admiration for it,
but they were few. </i></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">L. Wandy on <a href="http://www.thelows.madasafish.com/cards/wandyl_108.htm" target="_blank">Glasgow's Victorian Photographers</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>The Terriers. A History And Description Of The Modern Dogs Of Great Britain And Ireland</i>, Rawdon Briggs Lee, 1894 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs of Scotland</i>, Thomson Gray, 1891</span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com1Glasgow, Scotland55.864237 -4.251805999999987855.721638000000006 -4.5745294999999881 56.006836 -3.9290824999999878tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-76087682012376857352013-11-13T13:32:00.000-08:002013-11-13T13:32:50.570-08:00Little Lou Lou<br />
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What a charming creature greets us in this simple photograph. A white fluffy Maltese sits on a highly polished table for a portrait photograph. Skillfully the photographer has posed the dog on an object much darker than its fur to create superb contrast in the image.</div>
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The silky-haired small white Maltese lap dog is the most ancient of all the laps dogs of the Western world. First imported into England during the reign of Henry VIII, they were regarded as "<i>meet playfellows for mincing mistresses</i>" during the reign of Elizabeth I. During these times the Maltese was believed to possess healing powers - the sick and ailing would put the little dogs on their stomach or chest for comfort, and they became known as the "<i>Comforter</i>." </div>
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Lou Lou's photograph was taken by Alexander James Grossmann at 56 Snargate Street, Dover.<br />
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Born in 1833 in Pressbourg, Hungary - Alexander came to the UK in 1851. The story goes that the ship he was traveling to the England on was wrecked near the
Island of Malta. He was cared for by an Anglican clergyman who converted
him to Christianity and gave him the name of Alexander James Grossmann.<br />
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After settling in Dover Alexander first worked as a watchmaker, and later became a photographer. For how long his business was successful I have been unable to find out. However the London Gazette tells us the Alexander became bankrupt while still at the address featured on the rear of the photo mount.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw123627/Midhat-Pasha?LinkID=mp86842&role=art&rNo=0" target="_blank">Alexander James Grossmann</a> in the National Portrait Gallery Collection</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24344/pages/3993/page.pdf" target="_blank">Alexander James Grossmann</a> in the London Gazette, 1876</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://records.ancestry.com/Alexander_James_Grossman_records.ashx?pid=106022458" target="_blank">Alexander James Grossmann</a> in the Ancestry Historical Person Search</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Alexander James Grossmann <a href="http://emichon.perso.sfr.fr/english%20site/mes%20documents%20en%20anglais/n1135.htm#6510" target="_blank">family tree</a> & <a href="http://www.adafamily.co.uk/tree?hook=154" target="_blank">here</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Dover Society - <a href="http://www.doversociety.org.uk/history-scrapbook/dover-streets-n-z/snargate-street" target="_blank">Snargate Street</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Maltese Breed History on <a href="http://www.foxstonemaltese.com/maltese_breed_history.htm" target="_blank">Foxstone Maltese</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs of the British Islands</i>, Stonehenge, 1872</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs and All About Them</i>, Robert Leighton, 1910</span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com056 Snargate Street, Dover, Kent CT17, UK51.1210761 1.310051499999985951.1210371 1.309972499999986 51.121115100000004 1.3101304999999859tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-3561061205738494392013-11-04T13:08:00.000-08:002013-11-04T13:08:32.873-08:00The Coonhound & Raccoon's of llinois<br />
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In this photograph, dating to the early 1860's by the style of the mount, we have a Black and Tan Coonhound with the results of the day's hunt - four Raccoons.<br />
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The dog was an easy subject for the photographer, so tired from his work he simply sleeps for the length of the photographic exposure.<br />
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The Amercian Coonhound is thought to have descended from the Bloodhound and the now extinct English Talbot hound. Large-headed, broad-nosed and with typically pendulous ears, the massive
Talbot Hounds were built for stamina and strength, rather than speed. Their coat was short, coarse and flat, preferred in pure white,
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Black and Tan was the first Coonhound to be considered a separate breed from
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President George Washington is known to have owned four Black & Tan Coonhounds - <i>Drunkard</i>, <i>Taster</i>, <i>Tipler</i> & <i>Tipsy</i>. </div>
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The Amercian Kennel Club describes the Black and Tan Coonhound as follows:</div>
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<b><i>A determined, painstaking, honest hunter, the Black and
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raccoon under the worst scenting conditions. With his musical voice and persistent
attitude, the extremely cold-nosed Black and Tan is incredibly sure, on the trail. </i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The reverse of the photograph's mount, showing the photogrpaher J. R. Bradshaw's details</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_%28dog%29" target="_blank">Talbot Hound</a> on Wikipedia </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The <a href="http://molosserdogs.com/m/articles/view/2839-talbot-hound" target="_blank">Talbot Hound</a> described on Molosser Dogs & Rare Breeds </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.akc.org/breeds/black_tan_coonhound/history.cfm" target="_blank">History of The Coonhound</a> on the American Kennel Club</span></li>
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Perched on a little round table covered in a fancy silk cloth we have a King Charles Spaniel. The photograph was taken by E. W. Slater at 29 Park Street, Bristol, England. Slater operated his photographic business from various Bristol locations, but he was only at 29 Park Street from 1866-1867, so we can accurately date this image between those years.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Postcard view of Bristol's Park Street c1906</span></div>
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The history of the King Charles Spaniel is rich and long. Generally it is thought that they are of Japanese origin, and were brought to England as gifts for Royalty by early voyagers, as early as the reign of Henry VIII.<br />
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The little Spaniels were named after King Charles II, for it was during his reign that they reached the zenith of their popularity. It has been written the King Charles was rarely without his Spaniels. There was so many they bred in his bed chamber, and over-ran Hampton Court & York Palace (now Whitehall) - to which Samuel Pepys wrote it his diary, the dogs had free access, even on State occasions. <br />
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<span class="st"> Lord Macaulay(1800–1859), also wrote about the King & his Spaniels in his <i>History of England</i>:</span><br />
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<span class="st"><b>"<i>he might be seen before the drew was off the grass in St James's Park, striding among the trees playing with his Spaniels and flinging corn to his ducks, and these exhibitions endeared him to the common people</i>"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Engraving of King Charles Spaniels from <i>Anecdotes of Dogs</i> by Edward Jesse, 1858</span></div>
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In the 19th century the King Charles was frequently Black and White, as the dog in my photo, or Black and Tan. It was though crossing the two that we have today's tri-colour variety.<br />
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The anonymous Spaniel in the photograph is similar in appearance to many King Charles dogs featured in 19th century paintings. Take for example Spot by William Bowness (shown below)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, 13 x 13 in. (33 x 33 cm.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The reverse of the photo mount, showing Edward Slater's Park Street address</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.victorianphotographers.co.uk/index.php/victorian-photographers-s/slater-e-w/p_49373.html" target="_blank">E.W. Slater</a> in the Victorian Photographers Directory</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=1626106" target="_blank"><i>Spot</i> by William Bowness</a> in the Christies Lot Finder </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Anecdotes of Dogs</i>, Edward Jesse, 1858</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs and All About Them</i>, Robert Leighton, 1910</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>British Dogs</i>, Drury & Others, 1903</span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com1Bristol, City of Bristol, UK51.454513 -2.587909999999965351.296248 -2.9106334999999652 51.612778 -2.2651864999999654tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-47256341205900547482013-09-30T14:04:00.000-07:002013-12-31T05:43:23.313-08:00Myrtle, Celia & Mops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This has to be one of the most charming photos in my collection. A little girl proudly displays her most precious things - her doll, her bonnet, a favourite book, and last but by no means least - her dog. <br />
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On the reverse of the mount, faintly in pencil reads the following:<br />
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<i>To Hilda</i><br />
<i>From Myrtle age 6 yrs</i><br />
<i>Celia (the doll) will be a year next Christmas.</i><br />
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<i>Mop's age is uncertain.</i><br />
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The photograph was taken in Lawler, a small township of Chickasaw County, Iowa, USA. The population of this tiny town has changed little since the 1880s, when the population was 487, to the latest census data from 2010 which put the population at 439. You can image when Myrtle had her photograph taken she would have had lots of close family and friends in the town who would have enjoyed the photo, including <i>Hilda</i>.<br />
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The photographer was John P. Eskildsen. John was born in Denmark and emmigrated to America in 1887. On the 11th of June 1891 he married Emma Schlatter. Her parents were also of European origin, with her father Henry born in Switzerland and her mother Mary born in Prussia. Emma however had been born in Iowa. John officially became a US citizen on 14th of May 1895. In 1920 aged 54 he was still working as a photographer, with his two of his children - Herbert & Edna - working at the Studio with him. <br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Examples of <a href="http://www.onentofl.com/hvIAlawler.html" target="_blank">Portraits and mount designs</a> from the studio of John P. Eskildsen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Marriage record for <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=j&gsln=eskildsen&msypn__ftp=Lawler%2c+Chickasaw%2c+Iowa%2c+USA&msypn=41378&msypn_PInfo=8-|0|1652393|0|2|3247|18|0|591|41378|0|&gskw=photographer&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=2u4&cp=12&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=58159&recoff=6+8&db=iamarr1851&indiv=1&ml_rpos=6" target="_blank">John P. Eskildsen & Emma Schlatter</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=7196656&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061" target="_blank">John P Eskildsen</a> in the 1910 United States Federal Census</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=100283672&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=4460" target="_blank">John P. Eskildsen</a> in the 1920 United States Federal Census </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USnatindex_awap&h=4017808&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061" target="_blank">John P. Eskildsen</a> in the U.S Naturalization Records Index 1791-1992</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph of the <a href="http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/EMMALESKILDSEN/4703689" target="_blank">gravestone of Emma Schlatter </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Postcard of Lawler produced by W. S. King of Algona, Iowa </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wiki article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawler,_Iowa" target="_blank">Lawler, IA</a></span></li>
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A handsome young man poses causally with his Greyhound. The man's right hand rests lightly on the top of the dog's heads so to steady it for the exposure of the photograph.<br />
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The dog's eyes look exactly as described in Stonhedge's 1872 book <i>The Dogs of the British Islands</i> - "full and bright, giving the idea of high spirits and animation."<br />
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The photograph was taken by photographers Kermode & Murray in the 1870's at their "<i>Portrait Salon</i>" in Durban's Port Natal. Natal was a colony located in the South East corner of Africa. In the Christmas of 1497 it had been discovered by the Portugese. <i>Natal</i> means <i>Christmas</i> in Portugese.<br />
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Natal was known for having the "best soil outside of Cape Colony". This attracted a group of 25 British settlers under British Lieutenant F.
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Members of the settlement were able to administer medical aid to the powerful and influential Zulu chief Shaka after he'd been injured in a battle, they were justly rewarded. As a token of gratitude, he
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1824 European artist's impression of Shaka with a long throwing assegai and heavy shield. </span></div>
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This map from 1885 shows Port Natal and Durban (or <i>D'Urban</i> as it was known then) which I have highlighted with a red circle (click on the image for a larger view):<br />
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The next map is from 1898 and shows just Port Natal. I have added a red dot to show the exact location of the Kermode & Murray Studio (click on the image for a larger view):<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/natal.htm" target="_blank">Maps of Durban & Port Natal</a> in the Victorian British Empire </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka" target="_blank">Shaka the Zula</a> on Wikipedia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">List of <a href="http://ancestry24.com/photographers-south-africa/" target="_blank">Photographers of 19th Century South Africa</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs of the British Islands</i>, Edited by Stonehenge, 1872</span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0Durban, South Africa-29.857876 31.027581000000055-30.078232500000002 30.704857500000056 -29.6375195 31.350304500000053tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-5390295843926781262013-08-17T12:08:00.001-07:002013-12-31T05:33:14.823-08:00Black and Tan Terrier in Camberwell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a portrait of a Black and Tan (or English Toy Terrier). Before the formation of the Kennel Club in England, Black and Tan's were used in rat pit. In this sport, men would bet on the number of rats, and the speed at which the dog would be able to kill them. One of the smallest and most famous ratters was 5lb "Tiny" who is said to have killed 100 rats in just over 5 minutes.</div>
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Looking at the dog in this photograph, with its fancy beaded, necklace-like collar, I think it very unlikely that he or she was used in the pit! In 1882 John Herny Walsh writes of the Black and Tan in his book <i>Dogs of the British Islands</i>:</div>
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<i>The black-and-tan English terrier is a very elegant dog, approaching in his symmetry to the greyhound. Skull flat and narrow; eye small and dark; nose black. The ears, if cropped, should be erect, long, and tapering to a fine point. </i> </div>
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The photographer Henry Death, has taken great care with his subject to create contrast between the dark, shiny coat of the dog and the paler, plain backdrop. This effect creates a simple but startling portrait.</div>
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Henry Death was born on 31st of July 1820 son of Alice and William Death in Molton, Cambridgeshire. He married Frances Ann, and together they had four sons and three daughters. Death started his photographic career in 1856, opening a studio in the family home at 5 Addington Place, Camberwell Road, London.<br />
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The family resided there until July 16th 1863 when they moved to 119 Camberwell Road where the Black and Tan terrier had his portrait painted. The house & studio was put up for sale in September 1887, because of Death's ill health. Death died in 1900 after a short retirement from photography. We can therefore date the photograph in question to between 1863 and 1887, judging by the simple style of the mount I would date it to the earlier part of this period.<br />
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Below is a photograph of 119 Camberwell Road as it is today, the interior retains some of the period features, such as the decorative wooden flooring, which would have been there when it was the home of the Death family.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bivri_EnglandBirth&h=3252319&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7619" target="_blank">Henry Death</a> in England and Wales Christening records 1812-1822</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=318332.xml&dvs=1376761926502~224&locale=en_US&search_terms=&adjacency=&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true" target="_blank">Portrait of a woman by Henry Death</a> in the State of Victoria Library Collection </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=2162" target="_blank">Henry Death</a> in the Directory of 19th Century London Photographers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=6598&iid=LNDRG12_467_469-0602&fn=Henry&ln=Death&st=r&ssrc=&pid=8600543" target="_blank">Henry Death</a> in the 1891 Census</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Property History of <a href="http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/119-camberwell-road/london/se5-0hb/27097090" target="_blank">119 Camberwell Road</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Manchester terrier <a href="http://www.canadamt.com/manchesters/history.htm" target="_blank">Breed History</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs of the British Islands</i>, 1882, John Henry Walsh </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com1119 Camberwell Road, London, Greater London SE5 0HB, UK51.4803176 -0.093995899999981725.9582831 -41.402589899999981 77.0023521 41.214598100000018tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-63088161110220962002013-08-14T13:39:00.000-07:002013-08-14T13:39:48.062-07:00The Brighton Spaniel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Posed against a stark, plain backdrop the white body and dark head of this Springer Spaniel really stands out, highlighting the dog's character.<br />
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Many types of spaniel were developed in the 19th century, and the English Springer breed was officially recognized by the Kennel Club in 1902 (and the American Kennel Club in 1910). Drury writes about this in his 1903 book on British dogs, saying "<i>The good old English name has been given recently revived by the Kennel Club to designate the old-fashion, medium leg Spaniels of all colours that are neither Clumber nor Sussex Spaniels</i>."<br />
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The Springer was described in Harewood's Dictionary of Sport in 1835 thus:<br />
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<i>The true English Springer differs little in figure from the Setter, except in size, being nearly two-fifths less in height and strength than the Setter; delicately formed, ears long, soft and pliable, coat waving and silky, tail somewhat bushy and pendulous, and always in motion when actively employed</i>.<br />
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The photograph was taken by Ebenezer Pannell. In 1881 there were over 30 photographic studios in Brighton and census information tells us that Ebenezer was working in one of them, by 1883 he was running his own studio. He had a number of different studios throughout the mid-1880s eventually opening up for business at 49 St. George's Road where the Spaniel photograph was taken.<br />
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Ebenezer Pannell, his wife Mary Ann Baker (born c1853), their
two children - Ella Mary Pannell (born 1888), and Ebenezer William
Pannell (born 1886).
Ebenezer's Mother-in-Law, Mrs Mary Baker (born c1820, Hereford) is
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The Pannell family was a true family of photographers, as three of Ebenzer's four children would go on own and run their own studio's or work as photographic assistants for their father.<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sussex Photo History - <a href="http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BTNPannellEbenezer.htm" target="_blank">Ebenezer Pannel</a>, Brighton & Hove Photographer </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>British Dogs, The Various Breeds</i>, 3rd Edition, 1903 by Drury & Others </span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com1Brighton, UK50.822530000000008 -0.1371629999999868250.742308000000008 -0.29852449999998681 50.902752000000007 0.024198500000013168tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-27710462224866785142013-07-21T05:59:00.000-07:002013-12-31T05:43:43.388-08:00Moffat Companions<br />
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Recently I visited Scotland for the first time, one of the prettiest places I visited was the historic coaching town of Moffat. I haven't got a huge amount of Scottish dog photographs in my collection, but on my return from my trip sorting through my collection I found this photograph, taken where else but Moffat.<br />
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Here we have a man photographed by J. Weir with his Retriever companion. I can but speculate that the sitter enjoyed walking or rambling, wearing his tweed coat and deer stalker hat, carrying a stick. He also wears shoes deeply ridged tread, which I've never come across before.<br />
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His Retriever is old in years, greying around his face. Dog breeds in the 19th century were not nearly as refined as they are today. Hugh Dalziel and Pathfinder wrote in 1889:<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Breaking and Training Dogs, 1889 by Pathfinder & Hugh Dalziel </span></li>
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Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway55.335207999999987 -3.440336999999999555.299080499999988 -3.5210179999999998 55.371335499999986 -3.3596559999999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-7768058061728698192013-06-15T06:10:00.001-07:002013-12-31T05:44:07.069-08:00Little Frank & the Train Wreck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This photograph depicts Frank Snedaker, who on August 10th 1887 suffered a great tragedy. At nearly midnight on that fateful night Frank was travelling home on a train from Niagra Falls excursion with his parents, Reverend George B. Snedaker and Elizabeth M. Snedaker, when a fire on a small bridge on the line cause the whole train to crash.<br />
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<i>Haper's Weekly</i> wrote of the incident:<br />
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<i>The train passed through Peoria at 11:45
p.m. Three miles further along on the road there was a shallow
"run," not more than fifteen feet wide and ten feet
deep, which the recent drought in that region had made dry. This
was crossed by a wooden trestle bridge supported by timbers. As
the train approached this it was running at the rate of thirty-five
miles an hour with a clear track. Just before reaching it the
engineer of the forward engine noticed flames licking up through
the wooden structure, but too late to stop the train. His engine
crossed the gulch, but the burning bridge gave way, the tender
broke from the engine and fell in, the second engine ploughed
furiously into the farther bank, and cars came crashing with terrific
force upon one another, telescoped throughout their length, and
piled in splinters over the broken and burning trestle. The sleeping-cars
stopped short of the horrible gap, but were badly shaken up.
The scene that followed it is impossible to describe. The hapless
passengers of the forward cars were, almost inextricably mingled
in the shattered mass.</i><br />
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Both of Frank's parents were killed, and Frank was seriously injured, losing the lower half of one leg.<i> The Chatsworth Plaindealer </i>newspaper wrote on August 12th 1887:<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Little Frank Snedaker, of Abingdon,Ill., is
domiciled. No braver person was in the ill-fated train than this little
fellow. His leg was amputated, his arm is broken, and his eye
injured. His mother was killed and his father has gone home with the
remains, and will return. Mrs Kipp, of Wing, Ill., a cousin of Rev. Snedaker, is with the little hero. He was very restless at the hour of
our reporter's call, but all hope for the recovery of this brave little
fellow, who said when asked at the time of his rescue, "I'm not hurt
much, help those who are crying first." </span></i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><br />
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We can only hope that Frank's little dog was a source of comfort to him at such a difficult time. Frank had older sister called Myrtle, who married Joseph M. Shipplet. Interestingly on the back of this photograph is written Myrtle Shipplet - was this photograph now in my collection, once the possession of Frank's sister? We can but wonder. <br />
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/wkill.Html" target="_blank">The Illinois Railroad Accident</a>, <i>Harper's Weekly</i>, August 20th 1887 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Chatsworth Illinois Memories - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/chatsworthillinoismemories/the-great-chatsworth-train-wreck" target="_blank">The Great Chatsworth Train Wreck</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Snedaker / Ansley <a href="http://davidansley.com/family/getperson.php?personID=I3613&tree=ourfamily" target="_blank">Family Tree </a></span></li>
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Here were have a finely dressed old gentleman together with his small Spaniel sitting on a chair beside him. The dark wood chair contrasts nicely with the lighter coat of the dog.<br />
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With limited information there are several things which can help us to estimate the date this photograph was taken. The simple props & backdrop as well as the thin cardstock the photograph is mounted on both point to the photograph having been taken in the early 1870s.<br />
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The photographer is William Elliot Irving. He opperated his studio in Poplar Place, The High Street, Annan in Dumfries, Scotland between 1874 and 1889.<br />
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<u>A Short Family History of William Elliot Irving</u><br />
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William was born in Annan in 1837, the second son of John the Shoemaker (born 1804) and Margaret (born abt 1799). William had an elder brother called Archibold who emigrated to Canada to become a farmer. Archibold and his wife Jennett went on to have a large family (nine children by 1881!) In comparison it would seem William never married and while working as a Photographer was still living with his parents aged 44, in 1881 along with his sister Jemina Sarah Irving who was working as the family housekeeper.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The reverse of the photograph mount, the Latin on the coat of arms "<i>Nunquam non paratus</i>" <span class="st">translated from Latin means: <i>Never unprepared</i></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Canada&indiv=try&h=1341032" target="_blank">Archibold Irving</a> in the 1881 Canadian census</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881Scotland&indiv=try&h=2612213" target="_blank">William Elliot Irving</a> in the 1881 Scotland census</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Details on <a href="http://www.victorianphotographers.co.uk/index.php/victorian-photographers-i/irving-william-elliot/p_28536.html" target="_blank">William Elliot Irving</a> in the Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1840-1940</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Postcard of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75894481@N02/6843549845" target="_blank">Annan High Street</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Johnstone" target="_blank">Clan Johnstone/ Nunquam</a> non paratus on Wikipedia</span></li>
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235096585233720530noreply@blogger.com0Annan, Dumfries and Galloway 54.990246 -3.259772999999995654.953801999999996 -3.3404539999999958 55.02669 -3.1790919999999954tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5176851000832936270.post-63709274177441981862013-05-14T13:07:00.000-07:002013-12-31T05:44:56.452-08:00The Dalmatian and the Donkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I do not have many 'outdoor' dog photographs in my collection and this one is particularly special. Here we have a Dalmatian sitting patiently on the back of a Donkey in the middle of a street in Angoulême, southwestern France.</div>
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The Dalmatian wears a deep studded leather collar which reminds me of the type of collar which is now fashionable for Lurchers and Greyhounds. The Dalmatian's ears are closely cropped, this practice was popular at the start of the 19th century. Ear Cropping was banned in England in 1899, but not in France until 1st of January 2010 so it is not surprising to find this photographic example of a cropped eared french Dalmatian.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1804 Engraving of a cropped e<span style="font-size: x-small;">a</span>red Dalmatian by J. Scott</span></span></div>
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You can see how the photographer Henry Billard kept his subjects entertained during the photograph's exposure; the little girl holds a tray of food for the Donkey, which also keeps a just visible second Dalmatian standing still. </div>
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Robert Leighton writes in <i>Dogs and All About Them</i> in 1910 about the Dalmatian & Equine relationship:</div>
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<i>[Originally] the Dalmatian was known as the Coach Dog, a name appropriately derived from his fondness for following a carriage, for living in and about the stable, and for accompanying his master's horses at exercise. He appears almost to prefer equine to human companionship, and he is as fond of being among horses as the Collie is of being in the midst of sheep.</i></div>
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It is no wonder the Dalmatian is so at ease with the Donkey. I have found some other examples of photographs taken by Henry Billard in 1893 of the market at Angoulême which also feature Donkeys, you can see them <a href="http://www.past-to-present.com/photographer.cfm?lastname=BILLARD" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> The reverse of the photograph showing the photographers details</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Dogs And All About Them</i>, Robert Leighton, 1910</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angoul%C3%AAme" target="_blank">Angoulême</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wikipedia entry on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropping_%28animal%29#cite_note-johnston-29" target="_blank">Animal Cropping</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Examples of photographs by <a href="http://www.past-to-present.com/photographer.cfm?lastname=BILLARD" target="_blank">Henry Billard </a></span></li>
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