Fierce Looking Woman with Fierce Looking Dog, 1890s Photograph bentwood handles Just a simple utilitarian traffic

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Fierce Looking Woman with Fierce Looking Dog, 1890s Photograph bentwood handles Just a simple utilitarian trafficWhat a pair these two. She looks to me as if in complete control of her realm, and with a hundred plots in motion (I keep thinking of the matriarch on Peaky Blinders!), and this dog her loyal and fiercely protective companion, charged with keeping enemies at bay. A really terrific photo I think, down to the blur of the dogs face, lending an added ferocity to that gaze and bared teeth! With that studded collar just perfect. 5" x 4" and in excellent