Jenny Willow is a fictional book written by Mike Gaddis. I found it a wonderful read and worth the time. It is about a setter and a man that loved to hunt grouse. I'll leave it at that lest I spoil the story.

"Pocono Shot" is also a fictional tale, written in the 1920's I believe, of a setter and his various owners by John Taintor Foote. A great story of fishing and hunting and mystery and intrigue with a real tear-jerker of an ending.






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Tom,

Jenny Willow, written by Mike Gaddis. It's about a man and his setter. You need to read it; you won't put it down once you start. One of my all time favorites!

Thanks for letting me know about the book guys. I'll make sure to get a copy.

On the subject of wall space and Setters. Sometimes one might have to be creative with organization, (Up high or Down low) but there is always room for another Setter or Sporting related item on the wall...;)

Best, CSL
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Right Chris... I may need to rearrange some of mine, or rotate some off the wall to make room for some more recent acquisitions.





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This one has a permanent spot at our house. It is a Rosseau..measures 50x30..and is above the downstairs fireplace. My note on the back..with only a partial gallery sticker says "________ Autumn". I bought it in Palm Beach in 1997..and as I recall it was $225..and we ended up at $175...

Dean's story brought back an unfortunate memory. When I was in college I got a Springer pup. Took her home for the summer; my dad was unhappy, said how was I gonna take care of that dog at school? I said I'd figure it out. I named her Lucretia, but dad couldn't ever pronounce it right and he just called her Crissy. Dad was devoted to Nip, our family dog. That summer old Nip was run over and killed; it broke my dad's heart, and when fall came I just couldn't take Crissy away from him. They became inseparable; she'd ride beside him in the pickup with her front feet on the dash.

Shortly after I went back to school Dad looked out in the field near the house and saw something white; sure enough, it was Crissy. She'd been shot. I don't remember how dad found out who had done it, but it turned out to be a home town kid; someone said he drowned a whole litter of kittens the same day, just for fun. Dad confronted the kid's dad, and he said, "It's just a damned dog." All Dad asked was that the kid bury Chrissy, but he told the father, "That kid is gonna kill somebody some day."

A few years later a bunch of kids were at a party; the shooter was one of them, and sure enough, a kid ended up dead, shot. I really don't remember the rest of the details. I always wondered how the shooter's dad felt about that.

My dad never got over it. When he retired and he and Mom sold the house, he said the hardest thing for him was leaving when Nip and Crissy were buried there.

Sorry for the downer.

Not a downer really - it all just shows how a dog can be devoted to a person but more, how a person can be so devoted to a dog.

I sobbed the whole time I was digging the hole and burying Rusty.





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Jerry - Did that wonderful frame come with that print?





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The right hand print in the original post seems typical of a Rosseau. He seemed to have a penchant for depicting dogs in water.

a Rosseau water scene
http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...ictureid=10329

Dean..Yes..that's the way I found it. It had thick layer of dust..and had obviously been there a while. I think that's why he met my price..

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Dean,
Those previous images are from a couple years ago, took some old prints and calendars that had been put away for a while and made a tight collage display in a spare room. Prints in image below, top left to right are, P. Rosseau, M. Arnolt, Osthaus, Osthaus, and T. Blinks. The two large angling calendars are part of the Humorous 1940-50's "Dave" Fishing series by Hy Hintermeister, and at center is the 52"x24" Dupont Powders 1899 & 1900 National Champ Setters by Osthaus... After 30+ years of collecting all things "Old Setter", many items here are now going to other collectors, even took a few Old Setters to the Vegas show this year as seen in the second image below... CSL
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Chris - I don't know if others are experiencing the same thing that I am but in neither your previous post nor this one can I see the images you included...





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Me neither.

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Dean,

The images on my two previous posts should be there now... My mistake.:rolleyes: .... Thanks for the heads-up.

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Speaking of Hintermeister..I put this together a few years ago. Found a print shop in Florida that matched the paper..and the red is very close..

Another Osthaus..The BOSS let me hang this one in "my" bathroom !

this is the one that took the spot on the wall when I took down the "Joe Cumming" print by Osthaus that I listed for sale

I have looked around the house for this print for a while, could not figure out where it went, while getting out a Frost print- my wife found this behind the armiore in the bedroom

a sure sign there are too many prints in this house :rotf:

now that its found- it needs to go get a proper job of matting and framing

an aside- in case you don't know- matting did not seem to be common in the late 1800's - the issue is Chromolithographs, when setting against glass will sometimes stick to the glass and due to the printing process the "ink" will stick to the glass better than it does to the paper - causing loss of image. so if you find one - slow and careful is the way to go

anyway- another Edmund Osthaus Chromolithograph - i liked the theme on this one

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...ictureid=10351

Beautiful Rick!

I've seen that one on a period calendar at auction not so long ago.
I love the theme and that setter is perfect! Reminds me of Cam and me a couple of years ago.
I wish I could have commisioned Osthaus to paint Grace for me.
He must surely have been a bird hunter - he really 'nails it' in every one of his paintings.





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Here's an original painting by Bob Kuhn. It ended up as a Remington calendar. I'm guessing it was done in the 50's or 60's. It's titled "Up too soon". Anyone who has hunted behind a poorly trained Springer understands.