A 19thC Cut-Out Pencil & Ink Study of an Irish Water Dog; ‘Sweep’ sub-Mirrors & Lighting She is depicted as a

She is depicted as a bereaved mother

This is a rare textile and a very early example of its type in good original condition

The overall colour is an eighteenth century inspired off white over an 1830s inspired light blue and the condition is sound with the paint distressed

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (exert)

Just so very fun

A 19thC Cut-Out Pencil & Ink Study of an Irish Water Dog; ‘Sweep’ sub-Mirrors & Lighting She is depicted as aOrigin: 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.