What kind of dog is this?

Question

Sorry about the broken link last time... http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.00003

Wow Cleoppa! You are awesome and on the spot as well. Thank you for correcting the info. I find that often on the LOC.

Answer 1

It is, without question, a Landseer Newfoundland.

It's a very famous picture.

Actually the Library of Congress is incorrect. That painting was done by Sir Edwin Landseer in 1838 and not by Ackerman. Landseer made the black and white variety of Newfoundland famous in his paintings and ever since that coloration has been named after him.

http://www.ncanewfs.org/committees/pages/distmem.html

Answer 2

The original Distinguished Member of the Humane Society was a stray dog called Bob. Traditionally, the dog had twice been ship-wrecked with his owner. On the first occasion, he brought his master safely to shore, after a two mile swim from the ship-wreck. After the second sinking, he failed to rescue his owner and made way to land on his own.

Bob arrived in London and made his home in dockland. There, he gained a reputation for life-saving and the Humane Society decided to adopt him and award him their gold medal. He was officially credited with twenty-three rescues in his fourteen years of service with the society, but there may well have been others which were not recorded. Bob reached a good age for a Newfoundland, since he must have been at least fifteen at the time of death.

Although [artist Sir Edwin Henry] Landseer painted “A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society” to commemorate the bravery of this dog, the model for the picture was a white-and-black Newfoundland called Paul Pry and belonging to Landseer’s cousin Mrs Smith. It seems that the artist encountered the dog one day, carrying a basket of flowers in his mouth, and was so attracted to the animal that he decided to use him for the painting. Although a very gentle nature and a patient model, the story was told he had another side to his character. A bargee, taunting the dog by prodding him with an oar, as he walked along the canal side, found the weapon seized and himself jerked into the water. The dog, magnanimously, then hauled the man out. The painting became one of Landseer’s most popular works and was reproduced in many different forms.


http://www.landseer.nl/old_stories.htm

Answer 3

I would guess from the feathering a setter[english] or spaniel. I have a friend with a dog who looks very similar in body structure but has a solid black body, long white socks w freckles and a white muzzles with a snip that extends up to a white collar band and then goes down to a white stomach. The closest we've come to determining was that the dog was a cross between an english setter and the border collie.

If this dog is pure bred, i'd guess border collie.

Answer 4

Landseer Newfoundland:

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/landseer.htm

Answer 5

Newfoundland

Answer 6

I think it's supposed to be a Landseer Newfoundland.

Answer 7

I know exactly what that is. It is a Landseer Newfoundland. Mmm

Answer 8

Its a bit hard to tell but I would say some sort of working dog?

Answer 9

Yeah, like others have said, it's a Newfoundland.

Answer 10

Looks like a Pointer