Paintings of animals by English artist Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA, not all of them dogs. Living from 1802 to 1873, he also sculpted. Stickpins with dog and cat portraits made from his paintings sold very well too.

"Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler." 1820. — “Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler.” 1820. Oil on canvas. Image © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Fair use license. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.220510.html

"Ptarmigan in a Landscape." 1833. — “Ptarmigan in a Landscape.” 1833. Oil on canvas. In the public domain due to age. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ptarmigan-in-a-landscape-1833-sir-edwin-landseer.html

Edwin Landseer, shown in the Kensington studio of Italian-born French sculptor Baron Marochetti modeling one of the lions for the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, one of a series of artists in their studios that was exhibited in 1865. — Edwin Landseer, shown in the Kensington studio of Italian-born French sculptor Baron Marochetti modeling one of the lions for the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, one of a series of artists in their studios that was exhibited in 1865. 1865. British. Oil on canvas. John Ballantyne, painter. Image © National Portrait Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw03741/Edwin-Landseer

"The Faithful Hound." ca. 1830. Oil on canvas. — “The Faithful Hound.” ca. 1830. Oil on canvas. Image © Royal Academy of Art, London. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-faithful-hound

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