This presentation illustrates how pets were portrayed in the nineteenth century, which demonstrated an important shift in attitude toward pets.

1. Sentimentalizing Pets:
Pet Paintings in the 19th Century

2. Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
1802-1873

3. Jocko with a Hedgehog, 1828

4. Attachment, 1829

5. Low Life, 1829

6. High Life, 1829

7. A Highland Breakfast, 1834

8. The Old Shepherd’s Chief Mourner, 1837

9. A Distinguished Member of the
Humane Society, 1838

10. Dignity and Impudence, 1839

11. Macaw, Lovebirds, Terrier and Spaniel Puppies
Belonging to Her Majesty, 1839

12. Laying Down the Law, 1840

13. A Favorite Greyhound of Prince Albert, 1841

14. Princess Victoria with Eos, 1841

15. Princess Alice, 1843

16. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Home, 1843

17. Shoeing, 1844

18. Alexander and Diogenes, 1848

19. Saved!, 1856

20. Doubtful Crumbs, 1858

21. The Arab Tent, 1866

22. Benno Adam
1812-1892

23. Dogs and Pups, 1853

24. St. Bernard and Her Pups, 1862

25. Dog Family with an Old Nag, 1869

26. King Charles Spaniels

27. King Charles Spaniel

28. Richard Ansdell
1815-1885

29. The Wounded Hound, 1841

30. Bloodhound in an Interior, 1847

31. Lost in the Storm

32. Motherhood

33. Best Friends

34. Two King Charles Spaniels

35. Rover and Ruby, 1882

36. Henriette Ronner-Knip
1821-1909

37. Cat

38. Curiosity

39. Fond of Jewelry

40. Artful Play

41. Cat and Kittens, 1893

42. Contentment

43. Before the Hearth

44. Best of Friends, 1894

45. Three Kittens, 1896

46. Tea Time, 1897

47. Cheese Lovers

48. High Tea

49. Kittens, 1899

50. Bernard te Gempt
1826-1879

51. The Troublemaker

52. A Tibetan Terrier

53. Young Dog with Sleeping Puppies

54. Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824-1904

55. Study of a Dog, 1852

56. Marengo, late 19th c.

57. Horatio Henry Couldery
1832-1893

58. A Tabby Cat and Her Kittens

59. Curiosity

60. A Fascinating Tail

61. The Reluctant Playmate

62. Nowhere to Hide

63. Fishing Party

64. Kitten in a Vase

65. The Unexpected Guest

66. Faithful Companions

67. Chow Pomeranians in a Garden

68. Two Chow Pups

69. A Pug

70. Exemplary Behavior

71. The President

72. Carl Reichert
1836-1918

73. Portrait of a Dog, 1871

74. Hector, 1871

75. Bulldog, 1874

76. Hunting Hounds, 1886

77. Best of Friends, 1887

78. The Cats and the Cockatoo, 1891

79. Studio Assistants

80. A New Acquaintance

81. A French Bulldog, 1897

82. Newfoundland

83. Young Dachshund

84. Spaniel

85. The Blue Bow

86. Dog Family

87. Casper von Reth
1850-1913

88. Portrait of a Dog, 1893

89. Hector and Tom, 1898

90. Other Artists

91. Head of a Cat
Alexander Orlowski, 1823

92. Tom, the Algerian Greyhound
Antoine-Louis Barye, 1869

93. Fidelity
Briton Riviere, 1869

94. Misalliance
Albert Ernst Becker, 1871

95. The Three Jolly Kittens
Currier & Ives, 1871

96. Little Terrier
Frederick August Wenderoth, 1875

97. A Gang of Cats
Henry Weekes, 1876

98. The Little Patient
Julius Adam the Younger, 1885

99. Sleeping Jeppe
Bruno Liljefors, 1886

100. Borzoi by a Chair
St. George Hare, late 19th c.