Irish Wolfhound
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The Irish Wolfhound is a breed of large sighthound that has, by its presence and substantial size, inspired literature, poetry and mythology. One of the largest of all breeds of dog, the breed is used
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Groſs Irlændisch Windspiel, 'large Irish greyhound', from Entwurf einiger Thiereby Johann Elias Ridinger, 1738
Irish Greyhound in a mountainous landscape, etching by Philip Reinagle, 1804
Nineteenth-century dog-licence stamp
Great Dane
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The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer. They were also used as guardian dogs of Germa
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…program and said to descend from original Irish wolfhound strains. Based on the writings of others, he had concluded that the Scottish Deerhound and Great Dane were derived earlier from the wolfhound. As a result, said breeds were heavily emphasized in his breeding program. For an outbreed, a Borzoi and "Tibetan…
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A "chamber dog" with a gilded collar, Brandenburg (Germany), 1705
Great Dane from 1879
Brindle Great Dane (male)