Bob, the Vigilant Fire Company's Dog, (painting).

Bob, the Vigilant Fire Company's Dog, (painting).

Rebele, Henry, painter.

Bob, the Vigilant Fire Company's Dog, (painting).

32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm)

(Lower right:) H. REBELE./Pittsburgh/Pa (Upper left:) VIGILANT/FIRE CO'S/BOB/POISON'D/JUNE 7TH/1860 (Lower left:) PRESENTED/to the/VIGILANT FIRE CO./by/J.S. (illegible)RTH & D. KLOPPMAN./PITTSBURGH, JULY 1 1863 (On dog's collar:) Vigilant Fire Co./PITTSBURGH signed

Portrait of a dog standing beside a fire hydrant.

Animal -- Portrait -- Bob

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 69.43.13

Formerly in the collection of Vigilant Fire Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mashey, George, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by 1879.

Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.

Catalogue of Painting Collection, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1973, pg. 194.

Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 391.

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