Border Collie

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  Border Collie Humour Tee

  £42.00
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  Border Collie Portrait Tee

  £42.00
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  Border Collie Front Study Tee

  £42.00
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  Border Collie Archive Print

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  Border Collie Archive Hoodie

  £62.00
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  Border Collie Archive Sweatshirt

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  Border Collie Archive Tee

  £42.00
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The history of the Border Collie

On the hill farms either side of the Anglo-Scottish border, a dog was wanted that could work half a mile out, take a whistle across a valley, and move sheep without touching them. Most modern Border Collies trace back to Old Hemp, born in Northumberland in 1893, whose quiet, unfussy style became the template for the breed. The result is a dog that does not switch off. Owners know the crouch and the fixed stare, the eye, and the way it gets turned on children, cyclists, the shadow of a washing line, or a football that is never allowed to escape. Drawn for the archive, the portrait holds the head low and the gaze forward, because the collie's whole character sits in that stare rather than in the coat.

About the plate

Every plate in the archive is drawn from scratch as a natural-history engraving, the breed set in the country it was made for rather than floated on a white background. The Border Collie is Archive No. 001. The drawing is printed as a full plate across the back of the garment, nothing on the front, and the same plate is used for the print and the cards.

Garments are made when they are ordered, so nothing is printed until it is wanted and nothing is held in a warehouse. UK orders are printed in the UK and North American orders in the USA, which keeps the parcel on the same side of the ocean as the person waiting for it. If it is not right when it arrives, it can go back within 30 days.