If, like me, you’re a dog lover, I think you’ll enjoy this Curation. From the neo-classical to the neon, these wonderfully engaging and varied works capture the diverse personalities of our best friends.
Beagle Punctuation 2011
Fiona Banner (b.1966)
Neon, wood & acrylic plastic
The Women’s Art Collection
'Spice' 1871
Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834–1890)
Terracotta
H 59 x W 24.2 x D 26.3 cm
National Trust, Belton House
Desperate Dan, Dawg and Minnie the Minx 2001
Anthony Morrow (1954–2021) and Powderhall Bronze (founded 1989) and Susie Paterson (active c.2001)
Bronze
Henri Alfred Jacquemart (1824–1896)
Bronze
H 15.9 x W 17.8 x D 9.5 cm
National Trust, Springhill
David Annand (b.1948)
Bronze resin, brass & wood
H 135 x W 97 x D 48 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
The Hound of Geevor (cannus stannus geevoritii)
David Kemp (b.1945)
Rubber boots
H 88 x W 64 x D 35 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Cathie Pilkington (b.1968)
Carpet & resin
H 30 x W 220 x D 350 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Man with Dog 1997
John McKenna (b.1964)
Poodle 1978
John Rattenbury Skeaping (1901–1980)
Bronze
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Seated Dog Named Herkomer 1991
Charles Egerton Browne (1910–1996)
Fibreglass
H 92 x W 32 x D 59 cm
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
Sam, a Mongrel 1991
Charles Egerton Browne (1910–1996)
Bronze
H 65 x W 61 x D 29 cm
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
Trump c.1745
Louis François Roubiliac (1695/1702–1762)
Marble
H 7.5 x W 14 x D 10 cm
Hogarth's House
The Dog of Alcibiades c.1771
Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716–1799)
Plaster
H 37 x W 28 x D 21 cm
Burton Constable Hall
Black and White Dog with Grey Collar c.1990
Philip Cox (b.1945)
Papier-mâché & paint
H 54.5 x W 96 x D 25 cm
West Northamptonshire Council
Cast of Fiddy 1859 or before
James Annan & Son (active 1858)
Painted plaster
W 120 cm
Scottish Borders Council
Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873)
Plaster
H 43.2 cm
National Trust, Hughenden Manor
Three Sicilian Peasant Men Eating, with a Dog mid-19th C
Giovanni Leone (active mid-19th C)
Terracotta
H 37 x W 29 x D 23 cm
Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
Big Black George 2006
Susan Halls (b.1966)
Stoneware paper clay
H 62 x W 28 x D 36 cm
York Museums Trust
An African Greyhound c.1840
Joseph Bentley Leyland (1811–1851)
Bronzed plaster
H 49.2 x W 31.2 x D 14.8 cm
Brontë Parsonage Museum
unknown artist
Granite
H 175 x W 122 x D 122 cm
The 'Devil's Porridge' Museum
Leonardo's Dog 1990
Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993)
Bronze
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912)
Kathleen Scott (1878–1947)
Stone
H 250 x W 85 x D 85 cm
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust
Play: Miss Hartree and Dog c.1863
Henry Weekes I (1807–1877)
Marble
H 145 x W 90 x D 74 cm
Stockport Heritage Services
Phyllis Mary Bone (1894–1972)
Bronze
H 18 x W 37 x D 12 cm
The Fleming Collection
Raymond Hall (active 1971–1977)
Bronze
H 56 x W 112 x D 23 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
Scratching Dog* 1998
Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)
Plaster
H 18 x W 18.5 x D 15 cm
Maggie's Fife