1-158-955 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'The Dog', c1850. The central image shows a typical collie sheepdog. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): the shepherd's companion, his dog; a Newfoundland dog rescuing a child from a river; a Scottish deerhound; a St Bernard dog rescuing a traveller from an avalanche; a blind man with his guide dog; husky dogs pulling Inuits in a sledge; making boots of dog skin; a guard dog frightening an intruder. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).