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Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD® is an independent, family-run British fine art and antiques dealership and online gallery, incorporated in England and Wales on 22 April 2024 under company registration number 15666518.
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Mickle Trafford
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19th Century Oil Portrait Rough Collie Signed by John Trivett Nettleship
REF: LA557076
£6,800
€8,152
$9,102
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Description
19th Century Oil Portrait of a Rough Collie by John Trivett Nettleship (1841–1902)
Subject and medium:-
A characterful late 19th Century portrait of a cherished Rough (Scottish) Collie, shown standing proudly in left profile within an open landscape. The dog’s rich sable-and-white coat, long refined head, and alert yet gentle expression are keenly observed, conveying both a well-loved companion and a fine pedigree animal.
Medium: Traditional oil on canvas, the classic medium of serious Victorian animal portraiture, allowing Nettleship to build depth in the coat and atmosphere in the setting.
Composition and technique:-
Nettleship composes the scene so the collie dominates the foreground, placed slightly forward and off-centre, with the landscape falling away behind. The result is a strong sense of presence—almost like a three-quarter human portrait—while still acknowledging the dog’s outdoor, working origins.
The head and neck are rendered with particular care: the line of the muzzle is clean and elegant, the almond-shaped eye finely defined, and the characteristic tipped ears set at precisely the right angle to suggest attentive alertness. Around the ruff and mane, the brushwork becomes more animated, describing the thickness and direction of the coat, while softer strokes model the longer hair down the body and legs.
Colour is handled with a sensitive eye. Deep sable browns merge into warmer golden notes, offset by crisp passages of white at the collar and chest. These warm tones are balanced against a more subdued landscape of greens, ochres, and blue-greys, painted broadly with softened edges so nothing competes with the sitter. A gentle frontal light catches the ridge of the muzzle, chest, and upper back, bringing the collie forward and giving it a natural, three-dimensional presence.
Overall, the composition combines formal portrait dignity with an unforced sense of life—exactly what late Victorian owners sought when commissioning portraits of their favourite dogs.
About the artist: John Trivett Nettleship
John Trivett Nettleship was a noted British 19th-century animal painter, celebrated in his day for powerful depictions of lions, tigers, and other wild creatures. For nearly three decades he exhibited substantial canvases at the Royal Academy and the Grosvenor Gallery, establishing himself as a key exponent of serious animal painting in Victorian Britain. Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Nettleship initially trained in law before devoting himself to art, studying at Heatherley’s and the Slade, and refining his mature style through independent work. He moved in intellectually engaged circles, publishing essays on the poet Robert Browning, writing a study of George Morland, and associating with admirers of William Blake and the broader Pre-Raphaelite milieu. Because he is best known for dramatic wild-animal subjects and large exhibition works, finished portraits of domesticated dogs are comparatively scarce in his oeuvre. A signed and dated Rough Collie of this quality therefore represents an unusually intimate and personal side of the artist’s production, appealing to collectors of animal painting and Victorian artistic-literary circles alike.
Signed and dated lower corner: J. T. Nettleship 1898
The clear signature and date place the work securely within Nettleship’s mature period at the end of the Victorian era.
Historic importance:-
This portrait carries historical interest beyond its decorative appeal. It is a rare domestic dog commission by an artist whose reputation largely rested on wild beasts and grand exhibition pictures, demonstrating that Nettleship was also trusted by private patrons to portray beloved animals with equal seriousness. It also captures the Rough (Scottish) Collie at a key moment in the breed’s story. By the 1890s, collies had shifted from purely practical hill dogs to refined show and companion animals associated with country houses and educated middle-class owners. The elegant head, thick double coat, and poised stance seen here are hallmarks of the late Victorian type, prior to some later, more extreme modern exaggerations.
The painting sits firmly within the wider Victorian “cult of the pedigree dog”—the period when kennel clubs, organised dog shows, and formal portraits of individual champions and favourites flourished. Commissioned works like this are valuable social documents, recording how families and estates chose to represent themselves and their animals.
Finally, unlike many anonymous dog paintings of the period, this example benefits from traceable modern provenance through major auction houses, making it a useful reference piece for future collectors and researchers of Nettleship and collie imagery.
A highly practical “interior” size—large enough to command attention above a fireplace, console, or sofa, while remaining easy to place within a domestic room, study, or office reception.
Frame - Presented in a recently fitted Larson Juhl gilt moulded decorative frame, well chosen to complement the warm browns and creams of the collie’s coat and the softened greens of the landscape. The gilt finish catches the light effectively and provides an elegant surround that reinforces the work’s Victorian character. Hanging thread verso, ready for immediate display.
Provenance:- Painted and signed by John Trivett Nettleship, 1898 - Private collection: Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 12 November 1971, lot 191 - Private collection, Germany (later 20th century) - Auktionshaus Eppli, Stuttgart, catalogued as Collie in front of landscape, 25 March 2023 - Roseberys, London, catalogued as Portrait of a Border Collie in a landscape, 22 November 2023 - Subsequent online auction, 5 April 2024, titled Portrait of a Scottish Rough Border Collie Dog.
Why you will love it:-
A true focal piece that anchors a room -
Exceptional appeal for dog and collie lovers—the sitter reads as an individual: intelligent, loyal, and quietly proud.
Strong decorative harmony: warm browns, creams, and soft greens suit wood, leather, stone, and neutral schemes, from period homes to modern studies and office receptions.
Serious Victorian art with genuine feeling: a signed 1898 work by a recognised British animal painter, in a rare domestic subject, supported by documented provenance. An heirloom-quality picture with presence and lasting collectability.
measurements
Height:
66 cm
Width:
81 cm
Depth:
5 cm
declaration
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD has clarified that the 19th Century Oil Portrait Rough Collie Signed by John Trivett Nettleship (LA557076) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1898
condition
Offered in fine, used condition. The original canvas presents well, with the painted surface in good overall order. There are areas of foxing and age-related craquelure in places, together with some historic paint touch-ups to parts of the background, all commensurate with the work’s Victorian age. Set in a new, recently fitted Larson Juhl gilt frame. Additional close-up photographs can be supplied on request and should be consulted as part of the condition report.
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