Background:

This series of Dog prints was published by Cassell and Company in England in the early 1900s.  The prints were part of a series that described the "natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives", along with information on breeding, kennel management and veterinary treatment.

The prints are based on paintings made of the Dogs, many of them awarded show champion status.  The text at the bottom of the print identifies the breed, name of the dog, owner and information on the ancestry.

Cassell and Company was a leading publisher of natural history texts in the second half of the 1800s.  It was founded by John Cassell (1817-1865) who was in turn a carpenter, temperance preacher, tea and coffee merchant and eventually turned to publishing for a livelihood.