This marvelous ink and watercolor of "The Coach Dog" is one of a group I purchased from a seller in England, which had previously been bound together as a booklet, and which I am listing individually. Like this wonderful spotted coach or carriage dog (trained to trot alongside a carriage to protect the occupants), each depicts a working animal in a very iconic and really quite regal manner--to my eye just about as good as it gets. The odd watercolor in the group, portraying Dick Turpin and The Brothers' Gibbet at Gonerby, was made after a famous print c. late 1830s, which dates these, as does the manner of the rendering and handwriting, to right about then.
8 1/4” x 6 5/8” on wove paper. Very good condition, great rich black, with scattered spotting/toning, which I don’t think detracts a bit.
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