http://www.nines.org/forum/view_thread?thread=13 nineteenth-century studies online en-us http://www.nines.org/images/nines/sm_site_image.gif http://www.nines.org 83 83 http://www.nines.org/forum/object?comment=29 From Landseer's paintings of <span title="NINES Object: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/op129.rap" real_link="http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/op129.rap" class="nines_linklike">devoted royal pets</span> to <span title="NINES Object: http://unixgen.muohio.edu/~poetess/bijou/Bijou1828corpus.xml-text66" real_link="http://unixgen.muohio.edu/~poetess/bijou/Bijou1828corpus.xml-text66" class="nines_linklike">morality pictures</span> and Rossetti's <span title="NINES Object: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s607.rap" real_link="http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/s607.rap" class="nines_linklike">beloved wombat</span>, the Victorians loved depictions of animals. This thread is devoted to your favorites. http://www.nines.org/forum/object?comment=30 I've always been a big fan of Landseer's portrait of Eos, Prince Albert's greyhound. http://www.nines.org/forum/object?comment=31 Not Victorian, but within the purview of NINES:<br><br>I like early American portraiture. John Brewster, Jr., was a deaf artist in early America who sometimes included pet birds in his portraits. They're kind of sweet.