Joe Cumming, 1899 National Field Trial Champion English Setter
Maker and role
Edmund Osthaus (b.1858, d.1928), Artist
Production date
1908
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Watercolor on paper
Measurements
15 3/8 x 21 1/2" (39.1 x 54.6cm)
Description
DuPont Advertising Artwork: One in a series of thirteen hunting dog paintings depicting National Field Trial Championship Winners from 1896-1910. Used to promote DuPont gunpowder for hunting, they were reproduced on envelope covers, calendars, postcards and lithographs for customers.
A postcard set including all thirteen and titled "The Champions Series" was produced in 1916. "Joe Cumming" was also depicted on the 1908 and 1936 DuPont calendars.
A postcard set including all thirteen and titled "The Champions Series" was produced in 1916. "Joe Cumming" was also depicted on the 1908 and 1936 DuPont calendars.
Collection
Object number
54.1.320a,b
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