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Ch. Kerry Palmerston
This dog is Ch. Kerry Palmerston, a top show dog in the early twentieth century. He is heavier in bone than we normally see in Irish setters today, but it is well within the range that we see in...
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Old depiction of some setters
This 1805 depiction appears in the Cynographia Britannica. Black and tan setters are not necessarily Gordon setters, and red setters are not necessarily Irish. However, the red and white dog does fit...
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Setter and pointer
The setter is in the setting position; the pointer is pointing. Yes. There used to be a distinction between these behaviors. Now, setters point upright. Apparently, the behaviors are inherited the same...
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A young ghillie with the dogs
Painting by George Horlor (1851). The dog at his feet is a bloodhound, a dog that any Highland ghillie would need to track wounded deer. The identities of the other two are less clear. I think they are...
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“Wild Duck Shooting” by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
This painting was done for Currier and Ives, and if you want to see romantic portrayals of America from the nineteenth century, look up Currier and Ives prints. The dogs are the traditional American...
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Russian gun dogs, 1907
These hunters must have been borrowing heavily from the British traditions. Two setters or a setter and pointer in the cart and black retriever in the front. These men may have even been British who...
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