Top dogs: our canine friends through the ages – in pictures
From a pipe-smoking labrador to a future president with a puppy, Raymond Merritt’s The Dog in Photography chronicles people and their canines from 1849 to today
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Paul and His Dog, c1865
The Dog in Photography 1839–Today by Raymond Merritt is published by Taschen, available 16 MayPhotograph: Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon)/Courtesy The J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Studio Bengue & Kindermann, c1890
Photograph: Courtesy Hans Christian Adam
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Untitled, 1913
Photograph: Arnold Genthe/Courtesy The Library of Congress
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John F Kennedy, 1949
Photograph: Courtesy John F Kennedy Library, MA
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79th Street, New York, 1952
Photograph: Todd Webb/Courtesy Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
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East 100th Street, New York, 1966
Photograph: Bruce Davidson/Courtesy Magnum Photos
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To Sleep, 1995
Photograph: William Wegman/Courtesy of the artist and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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Pray for Peace, 1996
Photograph: Harry Giglio/Courtesy of the artist
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Untitled, 1998
Photograph: Alen MacWeeney/Courtesy of of the artist
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Untitled, 2000
Photograph: Donna Ferato/Courtesy of the artist
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Untitled, 2016
Photograph: Elena Lusenti/Courtesy of the artist
