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Red-toned drawing of a muscular dog in profile facing right, wearing a spiked collar, standing on pale paper with soft shadows beneath.

The Fore-part of a Dog, red crayon-manner print

A muscular dog with a spiked collar stands in profile facing right, rendered in reddish-brown tones on pale paper. Soft tonal shading defines the shoulders, ribs and legs, and a cast shadow lies beneath the paws.

Artist
Louis-Marin Bonnet
Date
ca. 1778
Medium
Crayon-manner engraving in red ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2520 × 3175 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1783).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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