Woodcock cigar label with hunting dog and gunners – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Woodcock cigar label with hunting dog and gunners in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Woodcock cigar label with hunting dog and gunners
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A cigar label built around a woodcock and a hunting dog gives this one its own character: the bird, rather than a pet or a portrait, is the centerpiece, and the gunners framed beside the dog place it firmly in the sporting tradition. Cigar box labels of the late 1800s and early 1900s often leaned on field sports, country pursuits and dogs at work to appeal to men who smoked and who read the outdoor magazines of the day. Woodcock were prized game birds in both Britain and America, and a scene like this would have signaled good taste, leisure and a familiarity with the field. Look closely at the dog's pose, which is the sort of point-and-retrieve detail that trained gundogs were bred to show.
| Original scan | 878 × 673 px |
|---|---|
| Reference | Dog32 |
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