Historical Collection

Billy The Rat Catcher
Billy, the celebrated rat killing dog performing his wonderful feat, killing 100 rats in five minutes and a half on the 22nd April 1823 being his 9th match

Laying Down the Law
Landseer helped popularise anthropomorphism in art and this is a copy of one of his best-known examples. Sometimes called Trial by Jury

Fox Terriers at Newstead Abbey
Oil on canvas 35 x 27.5 ins This painting was completed for the 6th Duchess of Newcastle in c. 1870. A composite picture, it is reasonable to assume that not all the dogs with still alive when it was

Celia Haddon Collection
black corded poodle

Miss Edith Muriel Robinson, most famous Borzoi breeder and dog show exhibitor in early British borzoi history. E.M. Robison who owned, bred and exhibited the famous Mythe Borzois for 40 years

1915 Crufts Catalogue cover
Crufts Catalogue dated from February 10th, 11th & 12th 1915 1915 Crufts Catalgoue featuring two breeds advertised - Japanese Chin, Ch Anderson Manor Nippon and a Sealyham Terrier

Historical Chinese Crested
Chinese Crested dog sitting on the lap of an elderly man with a white beard. Carte de Visite photograph taken in Oshawa, Canada circa 1870s Rare historical photo of an early Chinese Crested dog

Ladies of the Chorus
This photogravure has been taken from Maud Earls portfolio British Hounds and Gun-Dogs, which was published in a limited edition of 500 copies in 1902 by the Berlin Photographic Company

Crufts Dog Show poster 1988
A Crufts dog show poster promoting Crufts Dog Show to take place on February 11, 12, 13, 14 1988 at Earls Court, London

Crufts Dog Show poster 1986
A Crufts dog show poster promoting Crufts Dog Show to take place on February 7, 8, 9 1986 at Earls Court, London

Crufts Dog Show poster 1984
A Crufts dog show poster promoting Crufts Dog Show to take place on February 10, 11, 12 1984 at Earls Court, London

Four Irish Setter Puppies
Four beautiful Irish Setter puppies in a wicker basket Circa 1920s or early 1930s

International Dog Show at Islington 1865
Illustration from the Illustrated London News (newspaper) Dated June 10, 1865 The International Dog Show at Islington; Arrival of dogs This illustration depicts early dog showing 8 years before

Ch Oxonian
Canvas 16.75 x 20.75 ins. Mary Reeks was married to Fox Terrier breeder, F.Reeks, who owned Ch Oxonian. It was once a popular practice to cross-breed the two coats of Fox Terrier

running, two, Artwork, oil, painting, two dogs, horse, historical, The Kennel Club Art, 10848 Franz Xaver Muller 031 The Kennel Club©

Crufts, Agricultural Hall, 1893
Signed and dated 1893 Pencil, pen and black ink and grey wash heighted with white, 6.25 x 9.75 ins

Portrait of a Borzoi
Canvas 76 x 63 ins, signed and dated 1890 This painting is a fine example of the breed before it was established as a show dog in this country

Buy A Dog Ma am
Signed and dated 1860 Oil on canvas 36 x 29 At the time this picture was painted, selling animals in the street had become very profitable and was frequently a public nuisance

Retriever (Labrador)

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
A Merry Christmas Edwardian Christmas card with CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL

Vesuvienne
Fox Terrier (Wire)

Cheroot
Canvas 12.5 x 16.5 ins, signed Cheroot was born in 1886 and was owned by G W Cook. He was out of a bitch named Busy whose details are unknown and he was sired by Cavendish

Ch Tintagel was owned and bred by Mrs Surtees Monkland and was one of a number of famous Champion Bulldogs she owned. The artist, Frederick Thomas Daws

1993 Crufts Best in Show Winner, Irish Setter, SH CH STARCHELLE CHICAGO BEAR

1910 Spratts Malt Milk advert
1910 Crufts catalogue advert depicting a British Bulldog puppy nursing on Spratts Malt Milk formula

GREYHOUND
greyhound having a cup of tea in bed

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