Pompey was the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange. During a campaign against the Spanish, William's dog, Pompey, thwarted an assassination attempt. One night at Hermigny, France, while the prince slept, assassins crept toward his tent. Pompey heard them and began barking and scratching to warn his master, finally jumping on his master's face to alert him to the impending danger.[1][2]
On the monument of William the Silent, at the Church of St. Ursula, in Delft, Pompey is carved lying at his master's feet.[3]
Disputed breed
editThere have been differing views on the breed of the dog in this legend. Some refer to the dog as a relative of the pug, yet others believe Pompey was a Kooikerhondje.[4][5][6][7] The dog was referred to as a "spaniel" by a U.S. court.[8]
Hendrick de Keyser's terracotta model for the mortuary statue of William I, Prince of Orange with Pompey is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Maggitti, Phil (2000). Pugs. Barron's Educational Series. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7641-1045-0.
- ^ Maggitti. "Pugs". Dog & Kennel Magazine. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ Ernest Harold Baynes (1919). The Book of Dogs: An Intimate Study of Mankind's Best Friend (2009 Reprint ed.). Cornell University Library. ISBN 978-1-112-50887-5. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "cavalier king charles spaniel | American Dog Blog". Americandogblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ Swainston-Goodger, Wilhelmina (2013-04-16). The Pug-Dog - Its History and Origin. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 9781447488170.
- ^ Our Dogs, Our Selves: Dogs in Medieval and Early Modern Art, Literature, and Society. BRILL. 2016-09-13. ISBN 9789004328617.
- ^ Maggitti, Phil (2000-01-01). Pugs: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Behavior, and Training. Barron's Educational Series. p. 6. ISBN 9780764110450.
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- ^ District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936); Arthur MacArthur (1875). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: (general Term,) at the April and September Terms of 1873 [to the September Term, 1879, Inclusive]. W.H. & O.H. Morrison. pp. 53–. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "William of Orange - Historical figures - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum". Retrieved 2016-09-30.
Further reading
edit- Coventry, Francis (January 1751). The History of Pompey the Little: Or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-dog (Second ed.). M. Cooper.