The 14 Proudest Pugs In The History Of Art

Because pugs are actually everywhere in classical art.

1. Ratton, the mid 18th Century pug

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Ratton's owner, George Selwyn, wasn't well liked; this portrait of him with his beloved pet was designed to soften public opinion towards him

2. This pug which looks literally nothing like a pug

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Early pugs were muscular dogs with longer legs and noses, as demonstrated by this William Hogarth work, Self Portrait With A Pug, 1745

3. This pug with his own miniature throne

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Portrait of Henriette Marie of Brandnburg-Schwedt with a Pug, 1747

4. This blinged up, Russian pug

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Portrait of Princess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna, 1759

5. This musical pug

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Children of the Marquis de Béthune with a Pug, 1761

6. This Spanish pug

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Portrait of Marquesa de Pontejos by Goya, 1786

7. This favoured pug

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Henry Bernard Chalon - A Favourite Pug, 1802

8. This protective guard-pug

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Portrait of Sylvie de la Rue, 1810

9. This beloved German pug

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By Carl Reichert Mops, mid 1800s.

10. This aristocratic family of playful pugs

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1853

11. This educated pug

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1865

12. This seafaring pug

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Young Lady In A Boat, 1870

13. This snuggly pug

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Blonde and Brunette Pug, 1879

14. The first photographed pug

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Perhaps. Circa 1900