Icelandic Sheepdogs

 The following photos are from the 1956 book, The Iceland Dog 874 - 1956 written by Sir Mark Watson  and published in 1956 in Nicasio, California where Sir Watson lived and bred his dogs under the kennel name Wensum before going back to Great Britain. The print is a little faded and hard to read in spots. He used as many old sources as possible for his copies of articles and mentions of Iceland Dogs aka Icelandic Sheepdogs. I was surprised by how many of the dogs had shorter hair (fur). The last few photos are of Sir Watson's dogs.

Histoire Naturelle

Count de Buffon 1755

Kari

1882

(I don't know if Kari is the dog or maybe the owner.)

Periah

Iceland Dog 1905

Count Henry de Bylandt

(wild dog)

Njord

Iceland Dog 1905

Count Henry de Bylandt

Fin

Iceland Dog 1905

Count Henry de Bylandt

Dogs of All Nations 1915

Walter Esplin Mason

Spendyrin (Mammals) 1932

Bjarni Saemundsson

Woodcut by

Brehm 1829 - 1884

Huita of Borgarfjord

Die Hunderassen 1935

Aga Grafin vom Hagen

Bosi of Hoskuldsstadir

Brana of Hvana

Gloi of Wensum

Gryla of Wensum

Konni of Lindarbakki

Auli of Sledbrjot

Vaskur of Thorvaldsstadir

Iceland Dog

(name unknown)