Product Description
Author - Secord - Publisher - Antique Collectors Club
William Secord explores the presentation of the dog, from its origins in Greek, Roman and later European art, to the remarkable paintings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries up to modern times.
In this splendid, 400 page work he traces the evolution of some fifty breeds, using carefully selected illustrations by outstanding nineteenth and twentieth century artists, ranging from depictions of hounds and sporting dogs in the field to Victorian portraits of pampered pets. It is also an invaluable reference work about the many superb painters who specialised in dog painting.
· A visual feast of outstanding paintings by British, European and American artists
· Traces the development of pure-bred dogs and the social setting in which they became fashionable
· Filled with anecdotes about animal loving patrons such as Queen Victoria