Lot Essay
Including portrait of Sissi, Empress Elizabeth of Austria with an Irish Wolfhound "Shadow", Queen Victoria with a Labrador and Terriers, Dachshunds and a Bijou.
Details
E. RABENDING, J. MAGILL, J. MOFFAT and others
Dogs and their owners, 1860s-1910
Sixty-five cartes-de-visite, thirty-six matted nine per page on four mounts, twelve matted six per page on two mounts, five matted on one mount and twelve loose; eight albumen prints, c-d-v, to 4 5/8 x 3 5/8in., four trimmed to oval, seven mounted on two album pages, one with hand-painted floral and trellis design, one mounted on card, matted. (85)
Dogs and their owners, 1860s-1910
Sixty-five cartes-de-visite, thirty-six matted nine per page on four mounts, twelve matted six per page on two mounts, five matted on one mount and twelve loose; eight albumen prints, c-d-v, to 4 5/8 x 3 5/8in., four trimmed to oval, seven mounted on two album pages, one with hand-painted floral and trellis design, one mounted on card, matted. (85)
Literature
Scheid, Dogs in Focus, pl. 41, top left and bottom right, pl. 43, top middle, pl. 44.