Dealt a decent paw for a change
The paintings of Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844-1934) are just so much better than the pictures of dressed-up pets constantly flowing through email veins. And that goes for the hand-drawn pictures too.
When the illustrator from Rochester, New York, produced “The Poker Game” in 1894, the cigar distributor who likely commissioned it would have had the image printed on cards to give to his regular customers.
The printers, Brown & Bigelow, also cranked out advertising posters, calendars and keepsake prints for the general public. Coolidge was almost as popular as Norman Rockwell in some quarters.
Pooches at the ballpark, rising to the defence in a court of law, going to work with a lunch pail. Who could beat it?
Coolidge has been to Dali House before: He stayed in this room.
