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"The Consultation" painted by Edwin Douglas in 1868. |
This website, created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.
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"The Consultation" painted by Edwin Douglas in 1868. |
SHEPHERDS' COMPANIONS
Copyright Valerie Martin 2000
Please note that I cannot enter into correspondence on valuations of paintings nor advise on where best to sell items.
Man's best friend is a dog and this is certainly so if his calling is that of a
shepherd.I consider the above one of Edwin Douglas's most beautiful works. The artist was 20 years old at the time and still living in Scotland. It was still some years before he built his house in Findon. The picture depicts a concerned shepherd's dog dolefully looking down its long nose and waiting at its sick master's door. The visiting doctor's hat can be seen on the table, together with gloves and cane.
This canvas was originally purchased by Sir John Pender, Bart. M.P. Minard Castle. I then discovered that it was auctioned at Bonhams in London in 1988.
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"A Highland Post Office — Should Shepherds' Dogs Be Taxed?" painted by Edwin Douglas in 1878. |
The notice in window behind the dog reads —
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"Inland Revenue Dog Licence. Exemptions: Shepherd for one or two dogs used solely in his calling." |
The story handed down is that this dog is from the same litter as the dog portrayed in the painting entitled "With the Bannock" where the animal is in front of a fire on which a bannock is cooking.
Both paintings were originally bought off the Academy line by Mr. R. T. Braithwaite the General Manager of the Ulster Bank in Belfast who collected pictures.
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"With the Bannock" by Edwin Douglas in 1878. |
A little mystery is attached to "The Highland Hearth" (below) painted in 1855 — as well as being very similar to "With the Bannock" (above), Edwin also painted a wolfhound in 1872 entitled "The Highland Hearth".....
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The Highland Hearth painted in 1855. |
Edwin Douglas painted a completely different picture with this title in later years —
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"The Highland Hearth" painted by Edwin Douglas. |
This version of the "The Highland Hearth" was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1872 together with "The Bather's Attendant".
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"The Bather's Attendant" painted by Edwin Douglas. |
These were engraved by Henry Graves of Pall Mall and thus began a long series of successful engravings printed by these well know publishers of the day.
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"Elders of the Kirk" painted by Edwin Douglas in Findon in 1907. |
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Collie dog painted by Edwin Douglas (1849-1914) |
 Two Scottish Collies |
 The Shepherd's Collie painted by Edwin Douglas in 1877 |
Continue if you would like to read about Edwin Douglas' Dogs in Art.
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This is Findon — www.findonvillage.com is a continually growing record created by Valerie Martin exclusively for documenting life in Findon.
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