Collection
Regal commissions.
Studio example · Spaniel
Officer
The sitter wears a dark early-nineteenth-century coat, with plain buttons and no display of medals. The manner is an old-master oil, not a costume cartoon.
The dog remains recognisable. Rank is suggested by the cut of the coat and the dark ground, and then left alone.
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Studio example · Greyhound
Aristocrat
A dark silk wrap and a plain linen cravat, on an olive ground. The reference is an English portrait of the eighteenth century.
Nothing is played for comedy. The clothes are few, and the likeness is the point.
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Studio example · Newfoundland
Admiral
The coat is naval and dark. The ground is the colour of a winter sea. Insignia, where any appears, is not lettered.
It is an oil in the manner of a British portrait of the early nineteenth century. The sitter is not turned into a character.
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Studio example · Whippet
Renaissance noble
The dog is set as a sitter in a northern court portrait. A plain ruff, a dark garment, and an olive ground. Formal, without costume comedy.
The manner suits a long-headed dog particularly, though any sitter may be commissioned this way.
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