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Tag Archives: Dogs
1927: The Pat, Pat, Pat of the Sleepy Sheep
From Katherine Morris Lester’s Great Pictures and Their Stories, Book Three (1927): Picture Study is rapidly becoming an important factor in our public school education. “Nearly every progressive city,” says the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C., “is making use of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Anton Mauve, Art, Books, Children, Dogs, Katherine Morris Lester, Labor, Mammals, Netherlands, Painting, Sheep, USA, Women
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3rd Century BC: Dog
Dog Vessel: Colima, Mexico (200 B.C. – A.D. 500) (source)
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Tagged 3rd Century BC, 6th Century, Animals, Art, Ceramics, Dogs, Mammals, Mexico
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1939: Dog Fight
Bill Traylor: Untitled (Dog Fight with Writing) (c. 1939-40) (source) Bill Trylor Bill Tralor Bill Traylor This Dryling Was Done By Bill Tralor old man 85 years old
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Bill Traylor, Dogs, Drawing, Mammals, USA
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1807: The Westwood Children
Joshua Johnson: The Westwood Children (c. 1807)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, African-Americans, Animals, Art, Birds, Children, Dogs, Joshua Johnson, Mammals, Painting, Portraits, USA
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1903: Little Red Riding Hood and Friends
Illustrations from W. W. Denslow’s 1903 series of picture books: Little Red Riding Hood, Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty, The Three Bears, Old Mother Hubbard, and House that Jack Built. Denslow is best known as the illustrator of L. Frank Baum’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Bears, Books, Cats, Children, Dogs, Drawing, Eggs, Goats, Mammals, USA, W. W. Denslow, Wolves
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2nd Century AD: I Was Trained to Run Boldly through Strange Forests
A 1st or 2nd century Roman epitaph for a pet dog named Margarita (“Pearl”), written from the point of view of the deceased: [G]ALLIA · ME · GENVIT · NOMEN · MIHI · DIVITIS · VNDAE CONCHA · DEDIT · … Continue reading
16th Century: Dog and Cat
Dosso Dossi: Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Dog and Cat (16th Century) “This kind of moody portrait, or image of a particular human type, was popularised by Giorgione: here the dog and cat may allude to conflicting sides of … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Animals, Art, Cats, Dogs, Dosso Dossi, Italy, Painting, Portraits
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1665: Fleas
Gerard ter Borch: Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas (1665)
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Dogs, Fleas, Gerard ter Borch, Insects, Netherlands, Painting
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1805 BC: Game of Hounds and Jackals
A board game from the reign of Amenemhat IV (c. 1814–1805 BC) (source)
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Tagged 2nd Millenium BC, Africa, Animals, Dogs, Egypt, Games, Jackals
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1927: Pancho Villa’s Pet Deer Moves to Los Angeles
Betty Bradley and her pet deer, Bennie (1927); “Bennie (or Benny) the deer was said to have been the former pet of revolutionary Pancho Villa, and was given to Betty Bradley while she was visiting in Mexico with her parents. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Betty Bradley, Books, Deer, Dogs, Los Angeles, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Photography, USA
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