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An oil of "Tiny"a Manchester Terrier attributable to George Earl (English, 1824 - 1908) A tondo oil on canvas laid of “Tiny” a Manchester Terrier attributable to George Earl (English, 1824 - 1908). This portrait of ‘Tiny’ was by Earl was immortalised by a lithograph published in London by “E. Gambart & Co. 25 Berners Sts. Oxford St. And Paris 8 rue de Bruxelles. on the 5th March 1860”. English, circa 1860.
George Earl was the father of the equally famous canine artist Maud Earl, and perhaps his greatest legacy was the painting of one hundred dogs, for the book titled, “Champion Dogs of England”, published around 1870. There had of course been previous dog encyclopaedias, but by the second half of the 19 century, the interests in the breeding of the pure bred dog, vigorously led by Queen Victoria, and supported by wealthy and landed Victorians, had seen remarkable development.
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