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Did a little more resaerch on this. Appearantly the artist is Morgan Dennis not Dennis Morgan. He did alot of drawings of dogs. He did a commercial run of drawings for a scotch company and drew Scotties in the ads. He was also commisioned by the AKC for artwork.
The dogs name as written on the etching is Dreamwold Centaur. I looked the dogs name up on the AKC website and he is indeed a national champion registered in 1913. He was owned by Thomas Lawson who was a multi millionaire in the early 1900's. He built an estate outside of Boston called "Dreamwold"(hence the name of his dog) at a cost of $6 mil. Thomas Lawson died in 1925 and the etching is dated 1927 so it was commisioned by some one other than the dogs owner.
Where would one go to get the etching appraised or authenticated? I wouldn't have a used car dealer appraise my car so would it make sense to have an art dealer appraise the etching? I am so confused.....
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