Lot Essay
One doleful dog on a patterned carpet, one large dog (possibly a Burmese mountain dog) posed in front of a balustrade with studio landscape backdrop and a large brindle dog sleeping on a wooden floor.
Details
ANON
Ambrotype dog portraits, 1850s-60s
Two sixth-plate and one ninth-plate ambrotypes, one of the former hand-tinted, each with gilt metal mount, one in simple wood frame, two in folding morocco cases. (3)
Ambrotype dog portraits, 1850s-60s
Two sixth-plate and one ninth-plate ambrotypes, one of the former hand-tinted, each with gilt metal mount, one in simple wood frame, two in folding morocco cases. (3)
Literature
Scheid, Dogs in Focus, pl. 32