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Self Portrait with His Dog, 'Madame Sacchi'

Samuel Bough (1822–1878)

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Self Portrait with His Dog, 'Madame Sacchi'

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Bough is one of Carlisle's most important nineteenth-century artists. He painted very few portraits in his career and this painting is the only known self portrait painted in about 1866. It shows him with his favourite white bulldog, Madame Sacchi, named after the celebrated dancer. He was a great dog lover and they feature in many of his paintings. It is a rather still, formal portrait and uncharacteristic of Bough. It might have been painted from a 'carte de visite' photograph of him by another artist.

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Carlisle

Title

Self Portrait with His Dog, 'Madame Sacchi'

Date

c.1866

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 59.7 x W 39.3 cm

Accession number

1969.52

Acquisition method

purchased, 1968

Work type

Painting

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Samuel Bough

1822–1878

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