Dogs captured by famous artists from across the globe and throughout the centuries are to go on display at a special exhibition later this month.
The Wallace Collection has opened its Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney show, exploring the nation's devotion to our faithful companions across many lifetimes.
The exhibition includes six adorable portraits of David Hockey's beloved Dachshunds.
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A spokesperson for the exhibition said: "Through carefully selected paintings, sculptures, drawings, works of art and even taxidermy, the exhibition highlights the unique bond between humans and their canine companions.
"Dog portraiture developed as an artistic genre contemporaneously with its human counterpart – dogs are represented in the earliest cave paintings alongside humans – and it flourished, particularly in Britain, from the 17th century onwards. More than any other nationality perhaps, the British have both commissioned and collected portraits of dogs.
"Portraits of Dogs presents a broad range of portraiture showing dogs in all their different shapes and sizes, with each painter or sculptor challenging themselves how best to represent mankind’s most faithful and fearless friend.
The exhibition can be visited in person at Hertford House in England but it is also available to view on line and the catalogue is available here.
The Portraits of Dogs exhibition will run until October 2023. You can click here for booking information.
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