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Irish Setter.

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  • PUBLISHER: Cassells Illustrated Book of the Dog.

  • MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

    DATE: 1881.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/2 x 8 11/16" (16.5 x 22 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: A finely rendered chromolithograph portrait of an Irish Setter named “Grouse II,” shown in a typical hunting/field stance. The plate carries the owner inscription “The Property of the Revd. R. O’Callaghan, R.N.,” identifying the dog’s owner and situating the image in the late-Victorian sporting tradition of recording named field dogs.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 14 inch mat for handling.

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color. Stains along the bottom margin. Foxing in the margins.

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