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1.Unidentified creator
n.d.
A dog jumping through a hoop

Magic lantern slide
National Science and Media Museum
LL/43248
2.Henry Fox Talbot
1845 (published)
Sir Walter Scott's Favourite Dog, Maida
[Sun Pictures in Scotland]

Salt print
National Science and Media Museum
LL/43249
3.Louis Auguste Bisson
1841-1849
[Dog]

Daguerreotype
7.6 x 10.3 cm (3 x 4 1/16 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.28
 
LL/40438
4.Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
n.d.
Bird Hunter with his Dog

Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 7)
 
¢ plate daguerreotype by Jesse Whitehurst, with "J. Whitehurst's Light Gallery" on the deep blue velvet pad. Pinned to the pad is a newspaper notice: "Phil in his Sportsman's Dress. In two very find [sic] Daguerreotypes from Whitehurst's establishment, which lie before us, we have our friend, PHILLIP DOUGHERTY, in his complete hunting armour, with his noble pointer, given him by Dr. RIVES, crouched down at his side, obedient to his command. The pictures are very good, and we never saw Phil to better advantage. His lasses will admire these portraits of him very much, and we are not sure but they will get him a wifeà though he bears his age very well, andà fond of those sports of the field and th[ose] which try the metal of young men,à he were married."
 
While there are newspaper accounts of the subjects of daguerreotypes, there are very few that refer to the daguerreotype itself! The suggestion is that he is showing himself in his finery in order to please his lady friends, and possibly induce one to marry him despite his age. His hunting itself is meant to be seen as a sign of virility.
 
Whitehurst had galleries in several cities, but perhaps the "Light Gallery" or other details can provide a clue as to where this was taken. It would appear to be Southern, likely Virginia.[MARK WHITE, WHO WITH HIS WIFE LYNN IS A SPECIALIST IN WHITEHURST, PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION: "You are correct that this Whitehurst image is Southern because Whitehurst did not open any galleries outside of Virginia until 1849 and this is an earlier image. The Richmond studio is the only one that we know of that was referred to as the "Skylight Gallery". We believe that this velvet pad was used exclusively at the Richmond studio in the 1840s."]
 
Sticking up from Phil's breast pocket is a leather-covered drinking flask. Horizontally above his waist is a double shot shake. The powder flask with its adjustable throw spout has been pricked to show its surface. His hunting bag, covered with netting is on his lap.
 
LL/22287
5.Jesse Harrison Whitehurst
n.d.
Bird Hunter with his Dog

Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 7)
 
¢ plate daguerreotype by Jesse Whitehurst, with "J. Whitehurst's Light Gallery" on the deep blue velvet pad. Pinned to the pad is a newspaper notice: "Phil in his Sportsman's Dress. In two very find [sic] Daguerreotypes from Whitehurst's establishment, which lie before us, we have our friend, PHILLIP DOUGHERTY, in his complete hunting armour, with his noble pointer, given him by Dr. RIVES, crouched down at his side, obedient to his command. The pictures are very good, and we never saw Phil to better advantage. His lasses will admire these portraits of him very much, and we are not sure but they will get him a wifeà though he bears his age very well, andà fond of those sports of the field and th[ose] which try the metal of young men,à he were married."
 
While there are newspaper accounts of the subjects of daguerreotypes, there are very few that refer to the daguerreotype itself! The suggestion is that he is showing himself in his finery in order to please his lady friends, and possibly induce one to marry him despite his age. His hunting itself is meant to be seen as a sign of virility.
 
Whitehurst had galleries in several cities, but perhaps the "Light Gallery" or other details can provide a clue as to where this was taken. It would appear to be Southern, likely Virginia.[MARK WHITE, WHO WITH HIS WIFE LYNN IS A SPECIALIST IN WHITEHURST, PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION: "You are correct that this Whitehurst image is Southern because Whitehurst did not open any galleries outside of Virginia until 1849 and this is an earlier image. The Richmond studio is the only one that we know of that was referred to as the "Skylight Gallery". We believe that this velvet pad was used exclusively at the Richmond studio in the 1840s."]
 
Sticking up from Phil's breast pocket is a leather-covered drinking flask. Horizontally above his waist is a double shot shake. The powder flask with its adjustable throw spout has been pricked to show its surface. His hunting bag, covered with netting is on his lap.
 
LL/22288
6.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Young Hunter with Dog, Rifle and Rabbit

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (50 / 8)
 
1/6 plate daguerreotype in a decorated oval mat. The surface is still bright , but there are spots on the plate. In contrast to the older man of the previous lot, this hunter shows youthful fervor, proud to display his catch, his hand on the dog's head. In a thermoplastic case with geometric design.
 
LL/22292
7.Unidentified photographer
1855 (ca)
His Master's Couch

Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (ia554)
 
This happy canine has a sleek pampered look perfectly in keeping with the drawing-room couch (probably that of the photographer) on which he makes himself so at home. He is so comfortable that we might hesitate to disturb his rest.
 
LL/13021
8.Unidentified photographer
1880 (ca, not certain)
Nero (?), the Barton family dog

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
American Antiquarian Society
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Gift of Bernard Barton, October 26, 1976. (scan #003580-0007)
 
Shows small dark dog with white markings on neck and chest, seated on top of a table covered with patterned cloth. Dog wears a collar which has been tinted gold.
 
LL/32375
9.Unidentified daguerreotypist (American)
1854 (ca)
[Dog sitting on a table]

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XT.1582.16
 
LL/50537
10.Unidentified photographer
1845-1850
Portrait d'un chien

Daguerreotype
14.7 x 18.2 (frame) 8.3 x 11.6 cm (image)
 
Musée français de la Photographie
Inventory no: 2007.19.3
 
LL/42324
11.Unidentified photographer
1846, April
Portrait of a dog

Daguerreotype
National Science and Media Museum
Kodak Collection
 
LL/50410
12.Studio of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
1850s
[Empress Eugénie's Poodle]

Photographic print (uncertain type)
20.7 x 20.8 cm (8 1/8 x 8 3/16 ins) (image) 22.2 x 29 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/16 ins) (sheet)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2007, Accession Number: 2007.71
 
LL/40473
13.Unidentified photographer / artist
1858 (ca)
[Small white dog]

Ambrotype
4.0 x 5.4 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
© George Eastman House (GEH NEG: 34194)
 
LL/6801
14.Henry Piper (Gateshead)
n.d.
English mastiff

Carte de visite
Private collection of Laurie Minor
Written in period ink on the verso is the name 'WOLF'.
 
LL/31314
15.Johannes Jaeger (Stockholm)
n.d.
Terrier on a pedestal

Carte de visite
Private collection of Laurie Minor
See the Swedish Wikipedia page:
 
Johannes Jaeger (1832-1908)
 
LL/31315
16.Frank Wendt
n.d.
Girl with a dog

Cabinet card
Collection Jim Linderman - Dull Tool Dim Bulb
LL/32459
17.Frank Wendt
n.d.
Girl with two dogs

Cabinet card
Collection Jim Linderman - Dull Tool Dim Bulb
LL/32460
18.Félix Bonfils
1860-1870 (ca)
Hunter with his Dog (Chasseur et Chien)

Carte de visite
6.5 x 10 cm
 
Vintage-Photos
LL/32634
19.Jabez Hughes
1860 (ca)
Portrait of a man and his Dog

Carte de visite
6.5 x 10.5 cm
 
Vintage-Photos
LL/32636
20.W. Blackall (Oxford)
n.d.
Borzoi

Cabinet card
Private collection of Laurie Minor
By W. Blackall of 33 Cornmarket St. Oxford.
 
LL/31313
21.Desgranges (France)
1890 (ca)
La Même Personne-Nouveauté de la Maison (the same person-Novelty of the house)

Cabinet card, collodion print
4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in (10.5 x 18 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
With the photographer's name, location and house specialty printed on mount recto, and his ornate, extended imprint on mount verso.
 
LL/24940
22.Unidentified photographer / artist
1880s (ca)
Irish greyhound track, Ireland

Carte de visite
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/32475
23.H. Garrrett Cocking (London)
1880 (ca)
English bulldog

Cabinet card
9.25 x 6 cm (image)
 
Private collection of David Allan, Paris
The medals awarded to the photographer on the reverse side indicate that the photograph was taken after 1877.
 

 
LL/32833
24.Charles Reid
1880s-1890s
Untitled, Two young dogs

Albumen print
4 1/2 x 7 in (11.5 x 18 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
LL/24916
25.Charles Reid
1880s-1890s
Untitled, Puppies and umbrella

Albumen print
4 1/2 x 7 in (11.5 x 18 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
Initialed and numbered in the negative.
 
LL/24917
26.Charles Reid
1880s-1890s
Untitled, Van Houten's Cocoa

Albumen print
4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in (11.5 x 18 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
Initialed and numbered in the negative.
 
LL/24920
27.Leon Crémière
1883
Official portrait of the chestnut barbet, A.M. Peuch, prize winner, Tuileries dog show

Woodburytype
4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in (11.5 x 17 cm)
 
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
With the title, in French, and date printed on mount recto.
 
LL/24937
28.Leon Crémière
1881 (ca)
Untitled

Woodburytype
4.75 x 7 in (12 x 18 cm)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Titled "X / 2e Prix Classe 20 … Exposition Canine des Tuileries 1881.". On mount with decorative border and CremiÞre studio imprint.
 
LL/19969
29.Leon Crémière
1875 (ca)
Hunter and Dogs

Woodburytype
7.75 x 5.25 in (19 x 13 cm)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Showing man in hunting garb with two hound dogs On mount with decorative border and studio credit "CremiÞre 2. Boulevard Pereire."
 
LL/19968
30.Robert K. Bonine
1889 (ca)
25 this is the famous dog, Romey, owned by the Kress family of Johnstown

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 672)
 
Full title:
 
"This is the famous dog, Romey, owned by the Kress family of Johnstown. During the flood this dog performed the wonderful feat of saving the lives of three people, Mrs. Kress, child, and domestic. After they had fallen from the house top the dog pulled them to floating logs and boards and saved their lives."
 
LL/11867
31.Robert K. Bonine
1889 (ca)
25 this is the famous dog, Romey, owned by the Kress family of Johnstown (Detail)

Stereocard
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 672)
 
Full title:
 
"This is the famous dog, Romey, owned by the Kress family of Johnstown. During the flood this dog performed the wonderful feat of saving the lives of three people, Mrs. Kress, child, and domestic. After they had fallen from the house top the dog pulled them to floating logs and boards and saved their lives."
 
LL/11868
32.Tomas Romo
1898
Untitled [Madam Candelaria, 113 years old, survivor of the Alamo]

Cabinet card
17 x 11 cm
 
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005
 
Madam Candelaria's real name was Andrea Castanon Villanueva (1785-1899), but after marrying Mr. Candelario Villanueva in San Antonio, she was known as Madam Candelaria. She claimed to have been in the Alamo during the battle of 1836. In 1891, the State of Texas awarded her a pension for being an Alamo survivor (The Handbook of Texas Online).
 
LL/38153
33.J. Wentzel (Amersfoort, Holland)
1900 (ca)
Girl feeding her dog
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
Courtesy of Jan Weijers
 
LL/26056
34.Unidentified photographer
1890
Dog with a gun (Chien et Fusil)

Albumen print
Vintage-Photos
LL/32618
35.Unidentified photographer / artist
n.d.
Houdini's dog Charlie
Private collection of Rena Small
LL/32640
36.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
American army dog Stubby

Gelatin silver print
Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands / National Archive of the Netherlands
Spaarnestad Photo, SFA022801715
 
The Great War. First World War, United States of America, the American army dog Stubby, rank of sergeant. Stubby died in 1926.
 
LL/32746
37.Jacques-Henri Lartigue
1912
M. Folletête with his dog

Gelatin silver print
16.9 x 19.2 cm (7 x 8 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1756
38.André Kertész
1918
Transport [Braila-Romania]

Gelatin silver print
18 x 24.5 cm (7 x 10 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1755
39.André Kertész
1928
The Puppy, Paris

Gelatin silver print
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/530
40.Herbert List
1936
Man and Dog, Portofino

Gelatin silver print
30.1 x 25.7 cm (12 x 10 )
 
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1761
41.Unidentified photographer / artist
1930s (ca)
Greyhound, Australia

Snapshot
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/32476
42.Thurston Hopkins
1953
La Dolce Vita, Knightsbridge, London

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 / 16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/503
43.DIM
1950 (ca)
Dog (Chien)

Gelatin silver print
14.9 x 19.9 cm
 
AnamorFose
LL/32693
44.Neil Leifer
n.d.
Ali with Dog

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/742
45.Henry Horenstein
1972
Chammie, Backyard, Newton, MA
[Close Relations]

Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - Henry Horenstein
This photograph is included in the book "Close Relations" by Henry Horenstein (powerHouse Books, 2007)
 
LL/19149
46.Elliott Erwitt
1946
New York Dog and Sandals

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/625
47.Elliott Erwitt
1974
New York City

Gelatin silver print
Etherton Gallery
LL/22154
48.Elliott Erwitt
1953
Wyoming

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Candace Dwan Gallery
LL/3640
49.Elliott Erwitt
2000
New York Pug

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
David Allan has pointed out (pers. Comm. Aug 3, 2009) that the dogs shown in this photograph are English bulldogs rather than pugs. The photograph at the Peter Fetterman Gallery has the title "New York Pug" (Aug 2009).
 
LL/624
50.Elliott Erwitt
1989
Paris

Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/622
51.William Wegman
n.d.
Untitled
Australian Centre for Photography
Courtesy of Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney/Köln
 
LL/4924
52.William Wegman
1982
Contemplating the Bust of Man Ray
[Man Ray Portfolio]

Silver print
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 15, 2007, #2124, Lot 161)
 
(Alan Griffiths, 2 December 2019) A copy of this print at the Yale University Art Gallery (1994.113.34.6) is dated to 1978, printed 1982.
 
LL/23199
53.William Wegman
2001
Covered Bridge
Candace Dwan Gallery
LL/3772
54.William Wegman
1988
Fay Ray

Gelatin silver print
6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in an 18 x 14 mat
 
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1434
55.William Wegman
1999
Reader

Polaroid, unique
50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in)
 
Fabien Fryns Fine Arts (CLOSED)
LL/5225
56.Tony Mendoza
1979
Untitled
[Leela]

Gelatin silver print
14 x 21 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19105
57.Tony Mendoza
1979
Untitled
[Leela]

Gelatin silver print
14 x 21 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19106
58.Tony Mendoza
1979
Untitled
[Leela]

Gelatin silver print
14 x 21 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19107
59.Tony Mendoza
1979
Untitled
[Leela]

Gelatin silver print
14 x 21 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19108
60.Tony Mendoza
1979
Untitled
[Leela]

Gelatin silver print
14 x 21 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19109
61.Tony Mendoza
2007
Untitled
[Bob]

Inkjet print
24 x 36 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19110
62.Tony Mendoza
2007
Untitled
[Bob]

Inkjet print
24 x 36 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19111
63.Tony Mendoza
2007
Untitled
[Bob]

Inkjet print
24 x 36 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19112
64.Tony Mendoza
2007
Untitled
[Bob]

Inkjet print
24 x 36 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19113
65.Tony Mendoza
2007
Untitled
[Bob]

Inkjet print
24 x 36 in
 
Provided by the artist - Tony Mendoza
LL/19114
66.Larry Towell
1991
Perquin, Morazan
[El Salvador]

Gelatin silver print
Stephen Bulger Gallery
LL/2228
67.Keith Carter
1992
Lost Dog

Gelatin silver print
15 x 15
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/609
68.Shelby Lee Adams
1993
The Holy Van

Gelatin silver print
Stephen Bulger Gallery
LL/2086
69.Michael Kenna
1993
Running Dog, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
8 x 7 7/16
 
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2886
70.Keith Carter
1995
Isabel

Gelatin silver print
15 x 15
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/608
71.Pentti Sammallahti
1992
Solovki, White Sea, Russia (dog on vehicle)

Gelatin silver print
16.4 x 35 cm
 
Candace Dwan Gallery
LL/3746
72.Richard Billingham
1996
Untitled (NRAL 8)

Color coupler print
47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in (120 x 80 cm)
 
Phillips de Pury - New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, NY (Photographs, Oct 17, 2007, #192)
 
Signed, dated and numbered 3/7 in ink on the reverse of the aluminum flush-mount.
 
LL/23648
73.Keith Carter
1997
Black and White

Gelatin silver print
15 x 15
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/601
74.Roger Ballen
2000
Puppies in Fish Tanks
Catherine Edelman Gallery
LL/3806
75.Murray Rockowitz
2001
Psyche and Lucy
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2947
76.Stan Askew
2001
Sisters
6 5/16 x 9 1/2
 
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/2721
77.Giacomo Brunelli
2005-2007
Untitled
[Creatures]

Gelatin silver print
20 x 25 cm
 
Provided by the artist - Giacomo Brunelli
LL/21374
78.Brad Temkin
n.d.
Freda Allen with Gra, Jack and Judy Toormore, County Cork
[Ireland]

Gelatin silver print
Stephen Bulger Gallery
LL/2212
79.Alexandre Orion
2003
Metabiotica 6
[Metabiotica]

Chromogenic print
50 x 50 in
 
Foley Gallery
Urban intervention followed by photographic recording.
 
LL/25102
   
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