
Sir Francis Grant PRA, Portrait of Miss Grant, the artist's daughter (detail), ca. 1850.
Oil on canvas. 1273 mm x 1009 mm x 25 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond..
Dogs
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Richard Cosway RA, A child embracing a large dog, 1774-1838.
Part of the RA Collectionetching. 190 mm x 251 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
Richard Cosway RA
A child embracing a large dog , 1774-1838

John Frederick Lewis RA, Sketch for 'An Old Newfoundland Dog Guarding the Catch', c. 1822.
Part of the RA Collectionwatercolour over pencil on buff wove paper. 200 mm x 278 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
John Frederick Lewis RA
Sketch for 'An Old Newfoundland Dog Guarding the Catch' , c. 1822

John Gibson RA, Psyche carrying a cake to Cerberus, 1843.
Part of the RA Collection© Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
John Gibson RA

Oliver Herford, 'The Dog.', 1900.
Part of the RA CollectionLetterpress and line-block. 152 mm x 148 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Oliver Herford
'The Dog.' , 1900

Sir Edwin Landseer RA, The Faithful Hound, ca. 1830.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on canvas. 684 mm x 912 mm x 30 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
Sir Edwin Landseer RA
The Faithful Hound , ca. 1830

John Gibson RA, Hunter and Dog, c.1847.
Part of the RA CollectionPlaster. 1530 mm x 610 mm x 1070 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Paul Highnam.
John Gibson RA
Hunter and Dog , c.1847

Sonia Lawson RA, Old Dog, ca. 1976.
Part of the RA CollectionLithograph. 208 mm x 268 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sonia Lawson RA
Old Dog , ca. 1976

Eadweard Muybridge, Dog; galloping; white racing hound (Maggie), 1872-1875.
Part of the RA Collection158 mm x 449 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Eadweard Muybridge
Dog; galloping; white racing hound (Maggie) , 1872-1875

Sir Francis Grant PRA, Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Grant, the artist's daughter, ca. 1850.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on canvas. 1273 mm x 1009 mm x 25 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
Sir Francis Grant PRA
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Grant, the artist's daughter , ca. 1850

Charles Robinson, 'I'd a fierce looking Dog with a Tail, / Who would always turn perfectly pale...', 1902.
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