PRESENTED BY
THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF DOGS
Old English Spaniel.
This attractive little red-and-white breed was, sadly, a failed attempt to recreate The Aqualate Spaniel-type as seen in the paintings of Van Dyke, Metsu, Watteau and others. Welsh Springer, Cocker and Cavailer King Charles Spaniel were all carefully mixed and the result was a breed that levelled out at about 14" in height and 18-19 lbs in weight for dogs with bitches slightly smaller: in stature the dog was about half the size of a Welsh Springer.
The breed had some popularity in the 1940s but then disappeared.
The Observer’s Book Of Dogs, Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London
and New York
Dogs in Britain by Clifford L. B. Hubbard.
Macmillan and Co., Limited
St. Martin's Street, London
