Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog Puzzle

Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog, 1805
Philip Reinagle, English, 1749 - 1833 (Artist)
500 Piece Puzzle

Much argument has been made over the meaning of this image. It has been seen as an exemplar of successful spaniel breeding, as a satire on human infant prodigies, or as loyalist propaganda (the music is sometimes identified as “God save the King/Queen”). Without a doubt, however, the artist must have had a strong general appreciation for the remarkable intelligence of dogs if not a somewhat comic attitude to this “extraordinary” specimen.