Thursday, April 30, 2015

The Dog on the Grave of His Master in the Louvre (1830)

Le chien sur le tombeau de son maître au Louvre, Dessin à la plume et lavis à l'encre brune sur traits à la mine de plomb, 14.5 x 10.7 cm, (1830), Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, RESERVE FOL-VE-53 (E).

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Dying Favorite (1858)

“The Dying Favorite,” Drawn by J. Brown. Engraved by A.L. Dick. Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine 11 (January 1858): 62.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Thursday, April 9, 2015

In the Great Thirst Land, the Poor Animal Lifted up His Voice so as To Pierce the Air (1900)

Hezekiah Butterworth, Traveller Tales of South Africa or Stories Which Picture Recent History (Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1900), 217.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

“Come Here, Boby,” I Said, and Stooped to Pet Him . . . and No Dog Was There! (1921)

Camille Flammarion, “Do Dogs Have Souls? Some Experiences with the Ghosts of Dogs,” Hearst’s International 40 (October 1919): 40.