A Gallery of 40 Portrait Paintings Through History

Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 25 February 2025

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Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog

by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
published on 20 April 2021

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An 1805 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) known as Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog. The purpose of the portrait is debated since it could be the artist's sense of humour on show , a mere desire to show a particualrly fine specimen of a spaniel, or there may be a more subtle political message being sent against royalist opponents (the music has been identified by some as 'God Save the King/Queen).

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.

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