ARCHIVE No. 004
Golden Retriever
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Archive No. 004 / GUNDOG group
The Golden Retriever story
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Drawn as an original engraving in its own landscape and printed as a full archive plate. Comes as a tee, a sweatshirt, a hoodie, a print and a pack of cards, from £30.00.
At Guisachan, in the Highlands above Loch Affric, Lord Tweedmouth kept a careful stud book. In 1868 he mated a yellow retriever named Nous to a Tweed Water Spaniel called Belle, and the litter that followed is the foundation of the breed. It was built for retrieving from water and rough ground on a Scottish shooting estate, and the temperament was part of the specification rather than a happy accident. Owners will recognise the soft mouth put to unauthorised use, a slipper or a glove or a cushion carried to the door as a greeting, and the moulting, which is less a season than a condition. In the archive drawing, attention goes to the feathering along the tail and legs, the part of the coat that shows the water-dog descent most plainly.
- Archive number
- No. 004 of 39
- Group
- Gundog
- Origin
- SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
- Comes as
- Tee, Sweatshirt, Hoodie, Print
- From
- £30.00
- Printed
- In the UK for UK orders, in the USA for North America
The Golden Retriever 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 Golden Retriever is Archive No. 004. 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.
Shop the Golden Retriever collection.
teeGolden Retriever Archive Tee
3 colours
sweatshirtGolden Retriever Archive Sweatshirt
3 colours
hoodieGolden Retriever Archive Hoodie
3 colours
print
