Crib and Rosa is an 1817 painting by Abraham Cooper.[1] This painting provides an image of the extinct Old English Bulldog dog breed.
The painting depicts Crib and Rosa, two Old English Bulldogs. Rosa was considered to represent correct formation for bulldogs at that time. Through John Scott's engraving, this painting became the best-known, and most reproduced, painting of dogs from that period.[2]
The image was frequently referred to by exhibitors as an ideal form of the breed.[3] Writing at the end of the nineteenth century, Dalziel says any deficiencies in the otherwise perfect outline of Rosa was due to her sex; lacking desired characteristics of wrinkles and bone structure.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Attributed to Abraham Cooper, R.A. (British, 1787-1868) "Crib and Rosa"". Auction lot. Christie's. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ The Kennel Club Archived January 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fowler, F. Barrett; Cooper, Henry St John (November 2005). Bulldogs And All About Them: A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic - Bulldog / French Bulldog. READ BOOKS. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-1-905124-99-2. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ Dalziel, Hugh (1897). British Dogs: Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding, Management, And Exhibition. London: "The Bazaar" Office.