Animals in late 19th Century dress?

[Kyle Hyde]

Ok, really random question. Does anyone know of links to artwork and cartoons of animals dressed in Victorian style clothes? I really like the artwork of the pipe tobacco Frog Morton, but I can't find similar stuff online.

I couldn't tell you why I like it so much, but any links or artists names would be great. I want to make some small framed stuff.

Ok, let the teasing begin...

 

[ouch]

I have a picture of some dogs smoking cigars and playing cards.

 

[tomviolence]

do a web search for Alfred Mainzer. - Also lots of victorian postcards were done with the theme of dressed animals, as well as children's books.

 

[luvmysuper]

The artwork of Eugen Hartung is of that type, though not all in Victorian styles.

If you look him up, your sure to find links to other artists, then it's a matter of picking a time frame for them.

The artwork that I enjoy so much, and to which Ouch refers to above is usually either by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge or Arthur Sarnoff, who was greatly influenced by Coolidge.

 

[furious1]

The 19th-century American painter William H. Beard specialized in amusing genre paintings featuring animals. Sometimes dressed, sometimes not. Here is an example from SAAM (Smithsonian American Art Museum), titled The Runaway Match, 1877.

 

[Kyle Hyde]

Very nice. Does anyone have any idea who did the frog morton artwork?

 

[_MementoMori_]

Here's a little thread I started that may be especially suited to your interests:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=155978&highlight=gussy

The artist's name is Ryan Berkley. You might also enjoy The Wind in the Willows - both the book and the British screen adaptation from the 80s. Mr. Toad is right up your alley. There are several editions with different illustrators. I own and love the version illustrated by Dick Cuffari.

Here's a pic from Cuffari's illustrated version:

 

[M80]

From The Illustrated London News

 

[M80]

http://www.acaseofcuriosities.com

I know hes not dressed but I had to include the monkey holding the straight.

 

[dpm802]

You might be interested in the photos of William Wegman:

 

[M80]

J.J. Grandville
http://morphogallery.com/super/?page_id=31
http://www.andysaurus.com/miscellany/grandville.html
http://tartuffesfolly.posterous.com/jj-grandville

 

[Topgumby]

 

[Phog Allen]

Whoever mentioned the Frog Morton artwork sounds like me. I love all the Lord of the Rings references that McClelland tobacco uses. Frog Morton, Grey Havens, Deep Hollow, all of them in the Craftsbury Collection. Great stuff. The Frogs are really cool. Particularly Frog Morton on the Town. I am somewhat partial to McClelland since they are a local Kansas City company.

Regards, Todd

 

[Phog Allen]

Here's a photo of Frog Morton on the Town. If anyone knows where I can get high quality pics of the Frog series of McClelland's tobacco fame please let me know. I just want them for pc wallpaper.

Regards, Todd

 

[KaiserKrebs]

Years ago, I saw a print in an old library book, that had a Victorian/ Edwardian advertisement for an English stout. The name escapes me, but the imagery was fantastic... A spunky Jack Russel terrier, or similar pooch was cleverly standing on a chair with paws on the dinner table, lapping up the stout from the pint glass, that his owner had absent mindedly walked away from.

Even with the amazing power of the internets I have not been able to locate that advertisement, or image and as mentioned the name of the stout escapes me, it was likely a brand that is no longer in production. I can't recall the book either, I picked it off the shelf to pass the time, but 20 years later I still remember that thristy little pooch.

 

[M80]

Years ago, I saw a print in an old library book, that had a Victorian/ Edwardian advertisement for an English stout. The name escapes me, but the imagery was fantastic... A spunky Jack Russel terrier, or similar pooch was cleverly standing on a chair with paws on the dinner table, lapping up the stout from the pint glass, that his owner had absent mindedly walked away from.

??

 

[KaiserKrebs]

This is a great image, and it is approximating what I was talking about, however I distictly remember the image I had seen as being an advertisement from either the Victorian or Edwardian era....I think it was a drawing, but in color. Good find though!