Golden Retriever

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  Golden Retriever Humour Tee

  £42.00
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  Golden Retriever Portrait Tee

  £42.00
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  Golden Retriever Front Study Tee

  £42.00
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  Golden Retriever Archive Print

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  Golden Retriever Archive Hoodie

  £62.00
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  Golden Retriever Archive Sweatshirt

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  Golden Retriever Archive Tee

  £42.00
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The history of the Golden Retriever

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.

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 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.