A 19thC Cut-Out Pencil & Ink Study of an Irish Water Dog; ‘Sweep’ sub-Curios to a later added pine

to a later added pine plinth base

This design has been re-produced since

sculptural and atmospheric

the whole with an attractive patination of rusting and wear to the silvered paint now tinged with a soft green hue

if it were to be personified it would be an Edwardian Leonardo Di Caprio kicking back with a pina colada by the pool in the Bahamas with Al Bowlly crooning in the distance

A 19thC Cut-Out Pencil & Ink Study of an Irish Water Dog; ‘Sweep’ sub-Curios to a later added pineOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 60 Height: 6 Width: 8 The delightful study of an Irish water dog chained outside a doghouse seated on a lawn, in the nave manner, the whole inscribed below: 'A Portrait drawn from life, Sweep. property of F. D. Whiting[?]', and presented in an early twentieth century gilt metal frame. The overall condition is totally original and there are no signs of damage the study.