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Pointer and Setter
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1802-1873
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act. 19th century (Life dates)
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wove paper
etching and engraving
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Width: 31.7 cm
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Inscription: POINTER AND SETTER. / LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED //
Inscription: T.O. //
Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. PINX.T //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: POINTER AND SETTER. / FIFTY years ago the thick-set, heavy Spanish pointer was in use throughout / England, and if quite tired out by a morning's work, he was yet always / sure and trustworthy. Note the thick ears and fore-paws of the dog / before us. If by crossing with the foxhound we have produced an animal / that can work all day, and be nearly as fresh as on the morrow, by diminishing the / pointer's hereditary tendencies we have increased the difficulties of "breaking" in a / corresponding degree. Much the same difficulty has arisen, though to a less extent, / in the case of the setter, which is, of course, nothing but a large spaniel improved for / such work by being crossed with the same old breed of pointers. How greatly would / the sportsman's pleasure be increased, could he always get such a peep as this at / his dogs and the game they are pointing! / This sketch was engraved by Thomas Landseer for "Annals of Sporting."
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