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Title: ... Landseer : a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May), 1863-1924 Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1878
Subjects: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 Horses
Publisher: Boston, Mass. New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
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is appropriately called Caesar, aname commonly given to Newfoundland dogs. The picture carries out faithfully the poets con-ception of both animals. Luath is here to the verylife, with shaggy black back, white breast, and honestface. We only regret that his position does notallow us to see the upward curl of his bushy tail.Caesar is a black and white Newfoundland dog witha brass collar. The model is said to have beenNeptune, the dog of a certain Mr. Goshng.* Though representing opposite stations in life.The Twa Dogs were excellent friends. On thisoccasion, weary of their usual diversions, they satdown together on a hillock And there began a lang digressionAbout the lords o the creation. It is Caesar who opens the conversation, expressingcuriosity as to how the poor man can endure his life.Luath owns that the cotters lot is a hard one, but 1 Shaggy. 2 Bushy. ^ Hips. ^ Two years later (1824) Landseer painted the portrait of Mr.Goslings Neptune, showing head and shoulders in front view.
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THE TWA DOGS 29 declares that in spite of poverty and hardships thepoor are maistly wonderfu contented. The talkthen drifts to the corruption of poHtics and thevices of the rich. Caesar at last brings it to an endby describing the wearisome monotony and empti-ness of the fashionable life. By this time it was sundown, and the two friendsseparated, rejoicing that they were na men, butdogs. The contrast between the two canine types iswell brought out in our picture. Even the attitudesshow their opposite temperaments. The collie is asomewhat awkward figure, sitting on his haunches,with legs far apart, nervously alert. The Newfound-land dog Kes at his ease with one paw elegantlycrossed over the other. They talk muzzle to muz-zle, the one long and pointed, the other thick andsquare. In those days the collie was chiefly the poormans dog, the indispensable aid of the shepherd, andthe friend of the laborer. It was not until lateryears that, following the example of the Queen,the rich began to

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