Extraordinary art finds at Finch & Co

An interesting sporting picture appears in he catalogue of London dealer Finch & Co, purveyor of all things extraordinary. It is a mid-18th century English oil portrait of a pointer dog, whose collar is inscribed Thynne Worthy ± Chilton Candover 1749.

The pointer is a breed of gun dog rained to find and “point'‘ at game so he gun can take aim and shoot. Chilton Candover is a Hampshire village, probably that depicted ...