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title: Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog
author: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13871/portrait-of-an-extraordinary-musical-dog/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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# Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog

_Authored by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts_

## Image File

[![Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13871.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13871.jpg)

## Image Caption

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](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Music/) has been identified by some as '[God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) Save the King/Queen).

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Arts, V. M. o. F. (2021, April 20). Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13871/portrait-of-an-extraordinary-musical-dog/>
### Chicago
Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine. "Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 20, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13871/portrait-of-an-extraordinary-musical-dog/>.
### MLA
Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine. "Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog." *World History Encyclopedia*, 20 Apr 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13871/portrait-of-an-extraordinary-musical-dog/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8151754/) by **Virginia Museum of Fine Arts**. Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 20 April 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.