An adorable little beagle, whose name is unprintable, pictured in The Dog Fancier, February 1906 Four and a half month old pups in Dogdom magazine, June 1907 The Dog Fancier, December 1903 Dogdom magazine, January 1908 Dogdom magazine, February 1908 Two images from the book Dogcraft by A. F. Hochwalt, 1907 The Dog Fancier, March … Continue reading Vintage Beagles
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Vintage Dog Book Images: Beagles III
Snipped from The Dog Fancier magazine, August 1903 Another beagle from the same page, noted as a 15 inch, and dam of the dog below. Also from the same page, this dog is described as a 12 inch beagle with 16 inch earage. Excerpt from Brehm's Life of Animals: Volume I - Mammalia by Alfred … Continue reading Vintage Dog Book Images: Beagles III
Rough-coated Beagles, Redux
Unsatisfied with my original post on the now extinct wirehaired variety of beagles, I offer this new and hopefully improved version with numerous snippets from the literature of the era in which the variety existed. Rough-coated beagles photo and text written by G. S. Lowe from The New Book of the Dog, Vol. I by … Continue reading Rough-coated Beagles, Redux
Vintage Dog Book Images: Beagles II
Illustration which includes a rough-coated beagle by Arthur Wardle from the book A history and description of the modern dogs of Great Britain and Ireland: sporting division by Rawdon Briggs Lee, 1897 Illustration of Kerry beagles, a significantly larger dog than the regular beagle and often with black and tan coats, by Arthur Wardle from … Continue reading Vintage Dog Book Images: Beagles II
Vintage Book Images: The Beagle in America and England
The Beagle in America and England by Henry Wilson Prentice was published in 1920 and is rich with photos of the day including individual dogs, packs and members of beagle clubs. There are a few nice illustrations as well: Four by Gustav Muss-Arnolt Artist: signature looks like Tallman I didn't see any rough coated beagles … Continue reading Vintage Book Images: The Beagle in America and England
Vintage Dog Book Images: Beaglemania
Going big for the grand finale of vintage dog book week on the blog: a selection of beagle images. From the book Dogs, Their Origin and Varieties by H.D. Richardson, 1874 (Panniers are basket or box type structures slung over the back of a horse or attached to the sides of a bicycle. How I … Continue reading Vintage Dog Book Images: Beaglemania
Vintage Dog Book Images: The Rough-Coated Beagle
Yes scruffy! (Possible new blog name.) Painting of a rough coated beagle by Thomas Earl (1836 - 1885) The types of beagles we have in the US today are pretty straightforward: 13 inch and 15 inch, measured at the highest point of the shoulder. But looking back to the 19th century, there were lots of … Continue reading Vintage Dog Book Images: The Rough-Coated Beagle