| About the painting - by Daniela Ria:
Pointer in royal costume. Pointers were bred to work with hunters. In the past they were sometimes used in combination with a retriever, to point out the game for the hunter. Pointers were also used as falconer's dogs. There are records of Pointers in England as far back as 1650 (Cavanaugh, 1997.), used by sportsmen for chasing hares. The breed was exported to the US in the 1800s. |