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TIMECAPSULE – 1909 Ch. Foo Shan – Chinese import to England then to America and back

  ENG. CHAMPION FOO SHAN – CIRCA 1911 COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE ENGLAND English Champion Foo Shan was born and China and exported to England by Miss M. Lawton. Color RED    Sex MALE He has no known birthday or  pedigree, however he finished his English Championship in 1909. Described by writers as being an exquisite headed […]

MARTINE CAROL – 1940’S – 1950’s French Actress and her chow

This beautiful photo is an original in my personal collection in an 8×10 format.  On the back is a French candy advertisement…..a first I have seen of its kind…especially for such a large photo on real photographic paper!  I also have a digital copy  of this same image on a postcard in the archive donated […]

1881 PAINTING by B. Griffiths – One of the earliest depictions of a chow in England

  Dated 1881 this is one of the earliest  artworks of  the Chow breed in England that I have discovered so far.   Welsh / English provincial school oil on canvas of a red Chow Chow standing on a rug in an interior by artist  B Griffiths. Signed and dated bottom right   B Griffiths. 1881. […]

1924 MAIDSTONE KENT ENGLAND CHOW ENTRY – Rare snapshots and film of owners and dogs

  There are times I hit a brick wall in my chow research, and other rare times when every puzzle piece falls seamlessly into place.   These finds which I will detail below were like opening a secret door to chow history. It all began with a purchase of very small snapshots of a dog show […]

CHOW PAINTINGS OF HORATIO HENRY COULDERY – British 1832-1918

While these precious chow puppies may seem plain and almost pomeranian like in appearance, they are indeed depictions of Chows, as each has a title given by the artist.  Couldery also painted a number of actual Pomeranians and they are quite different from the chows, as you can see in the black pom with the […]

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