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One of the most successful canine portraitists of her day, Maud Earl was born in 1863 into a family of painters. Beginning her training with her father, the acclaimed animal artist George Earl, Maud later studied at the Royal Female School of Art in 1882 before exhibiting her first work at the Royal Academy in 1884.
With a clear skill and sensitivity to the specific requirements of painting pure-bred dogs, Earl rapidly developed a 'who's who' of clients keen to commission portraits of their champion and prize hounds, and family pets. Indeed, permission was granted to paint one of Queen Victoria's White Collies, 'Snowball', at Windsor Castle in February 1897 which led to the Prince and Princess of Wales selecting one of their favourite dogs for a portrait too.