Whippet Gallery

Breeds of dogs, chromolithograph, published in 1897

Breeds of dogs: 1) St Bernard dog; 2) Newfoundland dog; 3) English Mastiff; 4) Great Dane; 5) Bulldog; 6) Dalmatian dog; 7) German Shepherd; 8) Scotch Collie; 9) Poodle; 10) Bull Terrier; 11) Black and Tan Terrier (Manchester Terrier); 12) German Wirehaired Pointer; 13) German Spitz; 14) King Charles Spaniel; 15) Maltese dog; 16) Japanese Chin; 17) Monkey Terrier; 18) Whippet; 19) Pug; 20) Peruvian Hairless Dog; 21) Miniature Pinscher. Chromolithograph after a drawing by Jean Bungartz (German painter, 1854 - 1934), published in 1897

Miners racing whippets, Illustrated London News front cover

Front cover of the Illustrated London News showing coal miners, on strike, partaking in one of their favourite pastimes, whippet racing. The dogs were trained from an early age to worry towels or rags, and during a race would run towards their owner who was waving a rag. The ILN records that the dogs could cover fully two hundred yards in thirteen seconds. Date: 1912

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Bracken, the whippet, 2000, (pencil)

3115020 Bracken, the whippet, 2000, (pencil) by Thewsey, Joan; 36x46 cm; Private Collection; English, in copyright.
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© Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

Black, Canine, Dog, Ears, Eyes, Fur, Grey, Nose, Sleeping, Tail, White