Seizing them, he held them to the floor with his front teeth while his terrible jaws rent them to rags.

Seizing them, he held them to the floor with his front teeth while his terrible jaws rent them to rags.

Seizing them, he held them to the floor with his front teeth while his terrible jaws rent them to rags.

Date1926
Artist (American artist and Illustrator, 1885–1979)
Illustration Citation"The Tartar Catcher," by Albert Payson Terhune, in The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1926
MediumCharcoal and watercolor on paper
Dimensions22 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. (57.5 x 44.5 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1989
Object number1989-75
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextPaul Bransom had an active career as an illustrator of animal subjects. Here he shows a usually mild-mannered collie who has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Before long, the dog shows his frustration by destroying his surroundings, an antique shop full of rare objects.

Albert Payson Terhune, a dog breeder and author of fiction and non-fiction about dogs, was most famous for tales about his collie Lad.
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