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A bloodhound and a Scotch terrier sitting in a kennel and looking out. Lithograph after E. H. Landseer. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The picture's composition is a parody of Dutch scenes in which a figure is framed by a window, and where a hand or an arm, like the paw of the dog illusionistically extends over the edge
The visual punning draws attention to the anthropomorphic qualities of the subject, both dogs are looking out, their attention is attracted by someone's approach: Grafton is unperturbed, while Scratch appears as if he might spring out and bark. The chain in the foreground emphasizes that the kennel belongs to the bloodhound
The two dogs belonged to Jacob Bell, who commissioned the original painting. The bloodhound was called Grafton, the Scotch terrier Scratch.
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