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Some of these images are quite old - I provided dates when I could get them.  Engraving BC & Shepherd 1856.jpg   224.93K   42 downloads  Lost Sheep.JPG   211.17K   60 downloads  Severe Weather 1856.jpg   202.62K   53 downloads  Cox, David - The Cross Road 1850.jpg   158.58K   50 downloads  1873 Foster Lamb Sheep Shepherd.jpg   261.46K   38 downloads  1906 Color Print Myles Birket Foster.JPG   144.75K   38 downloads  Dog w Cart & Baby.jpg   71.37K   41 downloads  Engraved by Charles Cousen, after H.W. B. Davis, R.A..JPG   110.79K   45 downloads  Sheep Dogs etching.JPG   161.87K   47 downloads  Soap Ad w Baby & Border Collie.JPG   35.54K   45 downloads  Victorial Girl & Spaniel-BC.JPG   33.39K   36 downloads

[Urban Borders]

Aw, I have one of the soap/perfume containers (I guess) with that little girl and BC on it. Found it at a rubbish sale when I was a kid, and it reminded me of the spaniel/BC cross we had. Keep my rosary beads in it, and carry it in my suitcase to this day. Cookie's been gone for 6 years now, and she didn't have an easy life, but growing up she was my best friend.

[TEC]

Like all of them, and thank you for posting. Something about old engravings and paintings. The one of shepherd leaning over rock looking into a ravine, portraying border collie securely holding sheep -- it is no doubt an illustration of story of James Hogg losing his band of 700 along with his dog one night. After searching for hours he was on his way home to advise sheeps' owner of the happenings. He stumbled upon the ravine, and found his dog, Sirrah, holding a large bunch. Upon counting, Hogg discovered that not one lamb was missing, although they had the previous night escaped in several directions. Sirrah and Bobby Burns' border collie, Luath, may be two of literature's most well known sheep dogs. Luath is immortalized in poem, "The Twa Dogs".

Link to this Sirrah story: http://www.oldandsol...03/dogs22.shtml

Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, wrote extensively of Sirrah's adventures. He must have been quite a dog. -- TEC

[Aidan]

Great old prints again, always enjoy seeing them. Also it is great when you find out some of the stories and history behind the pictures. Thanks for posting them.