Foster mother

"Foster Mother" Charles Sillem Lidderdale (1831-1895)



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Lady with a dog

"Lady With a Dog"
Agnolo Bronzino



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Art by Shelagh Duffett

"Full Moon Cats" by Shelagh Duffett



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Antiqued Wood Dogs

Nostalgic reminders of the warmth and good nature of canine company, these carved wood dogs have a distressed painted finish with rubbed edges that lend a vintage patina. Choose small dachshund, medium Jack Russell terrier or large retriever at Restoration Hardware.



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Little thief

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Three friends

Amyot Catherine "Helen & Friends"



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Sleeping

Lance Calkin: Sleeping (undated)



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Ivory dog

This is a netsuke, created circa 1700. Japanese men used netsuke to suspend various pouches and containers from their sashes by a silk cord.



Netsuke had to be small and not too heavy, yet bulky enough to do the job. They needed to be compact with no sharp protruding edges, yet also strong and hardwearing. Above all they had to have the means of attaching the cord.



Although netsuke were made in a variety of forms, the most widely appreciated is the katabori (shape carving). This is a three-dimensional carving, such as this one. Katabori netsuke made in the early 1700s were less concerned with realistic portrayal of their subject. Here, for example, the carver has caught the spirit and character of a dog. However, he has not tried to show surface detail, such as the fur. Another typical feature found on early examples of this type of netsuke is the distinctive himotoshi (cord holes). One hole was considerably larger than the other to accommodate the cord knot, although you cannot see them on this example.



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Creatures From El

Creatures from el



Ellen’s fantastical creatures reside in the outer realms of imagination, given wings of metal, clay, and acrylic paint though their gorgeous if slightly grotesque forms look just as real as the animals they were conjured from. All her sculptures are available at her etsy, where you can commission your own mythical or real beast.



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David Bowie and Diamond Dogs

David Bowie, promotional photograph for 'Diamond Dogs'

Photographer: Terry O'Neill, 1974



This image was produced as a potential cover for Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' album in 1974, but was not used.



This is the cover which was used:

Designed by Guy Peellaert this cover met with controversy. The cover art features Bowie as a striking half-man, half-dog grotesque. It was controversial as the full painting clearly showed the hybrid’s genitalia. Very few copies of this original cover made their way into circulation at the time of the album's release.



According to the record-collector publication Goldmine price guides, these albums have been among the most expensive record collectibles of all time, as high as thousands of US dollars for a single copy. The genitalia was quickly airbrushed out for the 1974 LP’s gatefold sleeve, although the original artwork (and another rejected cover featuring Bowie in a cordobes hat holding onto a ravenous dog) was included in subsequent Rykodisc/EMI re-issues.



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Got time for a nap?

Lucian Freud

Double Portrait

1985-86



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Why so sheepish?

Lady Mary Leslie by Sir Joshua Reynolds



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Painted chimps

This is An Odyssey Of Unknown Magnitude by artist Craig LaRotonda.



We found Craig and his wonderful portraits at Thumbtack Press, a handpicked collection of open-edition prints by over 100 top lowbrow, illustration, and character artists from around the world.



Take a look - it's like visiting an art gallery.

Lucky dog

1605 Margaret of Savoy by Federico Zuccaro (Italian Mannerist Painter, ca.1542-1609)



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How much do you love pugs?

These 18th-century ormolu Meissen pugs used to belong to Patricia Kluge. They were auctioned by Sotheby's in 2010. The sale price was anticipated to be $25K-$35K.



What would you have paid for these 18th-century ormolu Meissen pugs?



What do you think they actually sold for?



$86,500!!!!!!

Pretty buggy

Georgiy Jacobson, Beetles Russia and Western Europe, (1905-15)



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A very stylish cow

Famous French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino created 21 photographs of Hermione with her extravagant hats. The photos originally covered the walls of the Hudson Hotel in New York, but now, entitled "Oh La Vache!" they are on display at the Milk Factory, a Parisian gallery.



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Past beauty

La Marchesa Luisa Casati with a greyhound, Giovanni Boldini 1908



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Macramé Owl

The Macramé Owl organization is dedicated to saving, rehabilitating and reviving the Macramé Owl.



The Macramé Owl is a rare species that is dreadfully declining in numbers worldwide. This heartbreaking situation is partly due to the difficulty in finding jute at local craft shops. It is further exacerbated by a lack of a sense of humour in humans for the sake of Seriousity.





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Royal pet

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633) by Alonso Sanchez Coello (Spanish painter, c 1531-1588)



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