Vintage Dogs and People

~ YesBiscuit

The artist:

French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte and his dog, Bergère, on the Place du Carrousel in Paris with a portion of the Louvre Palace behind them in 1892
Photo taken by his brother, Martial Caillebotte
(Wikimedia Commons)

The art:

Le Pont de l’Europe (The Europe Bridge), 1876 by Gustave Caillebotte
(public domain)
Miss Dorothy “Dossie” Drew (March 11, 1890 – 1982) was the granddaughter of four-time British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, nicknamed the Grand Old Man.
Source: A.S.R. (1897, October 30). The kennel: Some ladies’ dogs. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 460-461.
Dossie and her grandfather at Hawarden Castle in Wales
(public domain)
Watson, J. (1914, January). Dogs. Country Life in America, p. 67-68.
Two photos by Louise Birt Baynes
Source: Baynes, E. H. (1914, February). My dogs. Country Life in America, pp. 35-38.
Photo by Brown Bros.
William J. Gaynor was the 95th Mayor of New York City. He took office on January 1, 1910 and in August of that year, was shot in the throat by a would-be assassin. He survived, serving for the next three years with the bullet still in his throat. He died of a heart attack on September 10, 1913 at age 64.
Image source: Anon. (1914, February). Our friend the dog. Country Life in America, p. 48.
Photo by Brown Bros
Samuel Untermeyer (March 6, 1858 – March 16, 1940) was a well known lawyer and activist whose 150 acre estate, Greystone, was willed to the people. The city of Yonkers, New York accepted part of the property and renamed it Untermeyer Park.
Image source: Anon. (1914, February). Our friend the dog. Country Life in America, p. 48.
Photo by Brown Bros
John Drew Jr. (November 13, 1853 – July 9, 1927) was a very popular stage actor and uncle to John, Ethel and Lionel Barrymore.
Image source: Anon. (1914, February). Our friend the dog. Country Life in America, p. 48.
A pair of pups with a pair of kids in Country Life in America, February 1914.
Watson, J. (1914, March). Dogs. Country Life in America, p. 77-78.
Country Life in America, July 1914

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