Irish Water Spaniel "Captain" the property of Mr. High Beaver c1878

by R.S. Moseley

Antique print of Irish Water Spaniel. "Captain" the property of Mr. High Beaver. Chromolithograph c1881.

Original lithograph printed and published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co. after the drawing by R.S. Moseley for “Cassell’s Illustrated Book of the Dog” by Vero Kemball Shaw, published in London circa 1881.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the quality of chromolithographic illustrations for publication was exceptional. Many of the colour-printed lithographs for "Cassells Book of the Dog" were finished with hand-colour and highlighting. They are some of the finest illustrations ever printed of the dog breeds.

Plate size is 205 x 270mm (8 x 10.75 inches).