Herein discover Cavalier portraits both ancient and modern, graven images and painted ones, stamped ones and stitched ones, and miscellaneous sightings of Cavaliers in the wierdest places...

If you find any errors or omissions, please contact me at the address below so that I can update these pages.

Due to the great increase in volume of portrait information, it has now been split into three parts; ancient portraits are on page one, modern portraits have moved to page two, and all the rest of the portrait information will be found here.

Many countries have produced beautiful stamps both featuring Cavaliers, and also art stamps of portraits which also include a Cavalier image.

Jersey produced a set of dog stamps featuring a Tricolour Cavalier

The UK produced a set of dog stamps for the Crufts Centenary in 1991 with a Stubbs painting of a Blenheim

Boswell's has framed stamps and cards of Cavaliers.

Animalstamps.com also deal in cavalier stamps

It is also possible to obtain pottery and china images of our pets. A number of china firms produce models of various breeds of dog including Cavaliers; some of them also include the rare Ruby in their list of colours. Ask at your nearest china shop for further information on manufacturers, but here a a few I know of:

Border Fine Arts
Country Artists
Robert Harrop Designs (this is one for the frivolous, a Cavalier dressed up as a Cavalier!!)
Lenox (USA)
MnP Collectables World Famous Staffordshire Pottery offer pottery Cavaliers in all four colours.
North Light
Sherrat and Simpson

...And of course last but not least, the ubiquitous Staffordshire China Dogs, which may be found in various shapes, sizes, colours, and varying states of preservation in our junk and antique shops.

I found a Staffordshire beauty in a Cotswold Antique shop in May 1996, four and a half inches high in maroon(!!) and white. I cloned her to make the bookends on the Bibliography page.

For high quality reproduction pottery Staffordshire Dogs check out those produced by StafFisher.

For the needleworkers amongst us, a selection of books, charts, and kits. I believe this fashion was started in Victoria's era when many ladies stitched, with varying degrees of skill, their monarch's beloved Tricolour Dash, sitting regally on a right royal cushion.

The King Charles Spaniel is a regal cavalier lying on a tasselled cushion a la Queen Victoria's Dash.
The kit is designed by Elizabeth Bradley,
Elizabeth Bradley Designs Limited, Beaumaris, Anglesey, North Wales, LL58 8DS
Tel: 01248 811055 (Country Code +44); Fax: 01248 811118
It is expensive but beautifully presented; you get a coloured canvas PLUS a chart, and have the option of exchanging the background colour if it does not suit. Well worth the investment!

Blenheim King Charles Spaniel (ref 106),
Tricolour King Charles Spaniel (ref 107)
and Two little Cavaliers in amongst the cow parsley; the Blenheim on a skyblue background, the Tricolour on cream.
Hand painted kits by Susan, Lady Lethbridge. Available from Lady Lethbridge, Devonia House, Fore Street, Milverton, Somerset, TA4 1JU, Telephone +44 (0) 1823 401373 , Fax +44 (0) 1823 401362;
email: slethbridge@tinyonline.co.uk

Tiny Cavalier King Charles Puppy Pillow one inch square from A Stitch in Time, worked on 40 count gauze, design Uses 24 colors and 3 different stitches! Samplers are available ready stitched or as kits from A Stitch in Time: Original Needlepoint Designs by Cindy Steffensen.

You can stitch a lovely needlepoint version of the Stubbs Spaniel with an Erica Wilson Kit.

Faces: this firm does a number of Cavalier kits, including a couple of all four 'flavours'. The kits range from very simple to very complex, and include a beautiful bell pull featuring all four colours.
Find them at their website, or at:
Foxboro', Peddars Way, East Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1QS (UK)
Tel and Fax: 01953 498 378

Decorative Victorian Needlework by Elizabeth Bradley;
Published by Ebury Press London, 1990; ISBN 0 85223 832 1
Needlepoint;
Dash the Spaniel (shown as Blenheim rather than Tricolour) standing on a cushion, pp29-30;
The Spaniel on p138 (a tiny design)

Glorafilia: the Miniature Needlepoint Collection by Jennifer Berman and Carole Lazarus:
Published by Ebury Press london, 1994; ISBN 0 09 178462 X
Needlepoint;
Staffordshire figures - a very world weary Staffordshire 'Cavalier', pp74-77!!

Dogs and Puppies in Cross Stitch by Julie Hasler:
Published by Blandford, 1989; ISBN 0 7137 2218 5 (hardback)
One for all dog lovers, but the Cavalier (a Blenheim head and shoulders study) is on p29.

Pegasus Originals Gallery of Dogs in Cross Stitch: Book 215 has Cavalier charts in all four colours, small and easy)

Once people know that you own these lovely little dogs, it becomes fun to find images of them in all sorts of places and on all sorts of items, and they have been spotted on:

• Brooches
• A Calendar with two Cavaliers in a Teacup
• A fabric Door Stop with a row of dogs including a Cavalier
• Fridge Magnets
• Key Fobs
• Miniature flower vase with a Cavalier transfer
• Mugs
• Thimbles with Cavaliers on top

• Laminated table mat with two Cavalier pups
• A King Charles Spaniel engraving in handmade Dartington lead crystal, available from Capredoni
• A Blenheim Cavalier painting on a papier mache basket from the donAndres Galleries
  
• Birthday and greetings cards, notelets and wrapping paper.
  • Fry, Frances
    two blenheims at the top of some stone steps, surrounded by pinks, lavender and potted geraniums.(Birthday card, Medici, 1992)
  • George, Karen
    has designed a lovely coloured Birthday card of a Blenheim mother and her pups (Gordon Fraser 1991)
  • Koehler, Henry
    painted
  • Easy Rider: a Cavalier enjoying a ride in a bicycle basket (greetings card from Mowlem Publications)
  • Lobban, Janet
    designed and printed a greetings card with a pencil sketch of a Cavalier's head (Hadrian Cards, London)
  • Pickering, Pollyanna
    has produced prints, cards and mugs, and more recently Christmas tags and wrapping paper...!!

Animal Krackers have Cavalier goodies including Northlight figurines, notecards, prints and novelties

Cavaliers Online have a selection of small items for you to buy to support Cavalier rescue.

Amanda McLaren (Corsini) supplies Limited Edition Prints of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Helping Hearts have some Cavalier greetings cards and other stationery which are being sold to support reasearch into MVD; we also have some virtual Cavalier cards for you to send by e-mail!

Fancy Paw have some Cavalier notecards, which are helping fund Cavalier rescue.

Puttin On the Dog is an on-line catalogue of collectibles and gifts for the canine inclined. They offer art, figurines, home accessories, jewelry, apparel - and even a few items for your dogs! Many of their collectibles are handmade and hand painted - and can be customized from photographs of your dog.

Sally Murphy makes Cavalier jewellery and trinkets and will use your own photos for a small extra charge.

Jo Walker of Tenon Galleries is a sculptress in the UK specialising in detailed limited edition sculptures and various sculptures of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, including includes a portrait of a champion dog standing on a cushion (Royal Reflection) and a puppy (Absolutely Fabulous) sitting on a cushion. She owns, or more likely is owned(!) by, a young tricolour bitch.