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Reuben Ward Binks(British, 1880-1950)Champion Seabreeze, belonging to William Arkwright 20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (52 x 70 cm.)
15 February 2012, 10:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$2,750 inc. premium
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Reuben Ward Binks (British, 1880-1950)
Champion Seabreeze, belonging to William Arkwright
signed and inscribed 'Ward Binks./ Ch. Seabreeze.' (lower right)
gouache
20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (52 x 70 cm.)
signed and inscribed 'Ward Binks./ Ch. Seabreeze.' (lower right)
gouache
20 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (52 x 70 cm.)
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
with William Secord Gallery, New York
LITERATURE:
W. Enos Phillips, The True Pointer and his Ancient Heritage, opposite p. 21.
William Arkwright (1857-1925) is perhaps the best known breeder of Pointers. His acclaimed book 'The Pointer and His Predecessors; An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times' was published in 1902 and is considered a seminal work on the breed. Arkwright was elected to the Kennel Club in 1876 and later joined its committee.
In "The Observer's Book of Dogs" by Clifford L.B. Hubbard, 1945, there is separate reference to the Black Pointer, known then as the Arkwright Pointer, "This variety takes its name after the late Mr. William Arkwright, who, in the 1890's, maintained a fine kennel of all-black Pointers. They were not the type that would find favor on the Show Bench of today, being dish-faced, with slightly too-pronounced stops and hare feet; but most certainly his dogs were excellent workers in the field. Some all-black Pointers which are descendants of Arkwright's strain are still occasionally seen."