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I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
Leonardo da Vinci



Dogs, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci



Marguerite Yourcenar & her Pekinese dog


Marguerite Yourcenar in her mid-twenties with her Pekinese. For her dog she wrote the essay “Suite d’estampes pour Kou-Kou-Haï” in 1927


Marguerite Yourcenar with her Valentine in 1968



Man and Dog: David and Eli
by Lucian Freud


Lucian Freud was a dog lover - he owned two beloved whippets named Pluto and Eli - and many of his portraits coupled himself and friends with dogs.


[Double Portrait, 1985]


[Girl WIth A White Dog, 1951]




Bruce Weber and his Golden Retriever dogs




A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel enjoying a run



Prince George and Lupo with the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William
by Jason Bell




Picasso & Lump

Love till the end: both Picasso and Lump died in April 1973, one week apart.





Picasso & his dog Kasbel with Dora Maar
by Man Ray





HM Queen Elizabeth II and her Corgies


HM Queen Elizabeth did have Cavaliers, like Queen Victoria before her, when she was young.




Walking the Dog - Beginner's Luck
Music by Gershwin with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers



Marylin Monroe with her dogs





President J F Kennedy & family with dogs



Lauren Bacall with her dog




Eli in Lucian Freud studio
by David Dawson




A Dog by Alberto Giacometti



Rita Hayworth with Dog



Brigitte Bardot with Dog




Man and Dog: David and Eli
by Lucian Freud




Alfred Hitchcock and his Dog reading the news



Clark Gable and his dog Lord having a conversation



A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
by Édouard Manet



Photographer William Wegman on his dogs and 'Flo & Wendell'



Tom Sellek with his 3 CKCS








Me, seating at Siddhartha House [2009]