The British Pekingese Dog

Sarah Cheang, 'Women, Pets, and Imperialism: The British Pekingese Dog and Nostalgia for Old China,' Journal of British Studies, 45, 2, Apr 2006, pp. 359-87.

"Between 1914 and 1962, the Pekingese was the most popular breed of pedigree toy dog in Britain." (p. 361)

"Ladies’ Field was published between 1898 and 1928 and was then incorporated into Home Magazine. A George Newnes product (whose other contemporary publications included Country Life and World-Wide Magazine), Ladies’ Field cost sixpence a week, had an international circulation, and was available at W. H. Smith’s bookstalls or could be ordered from newsagents. Kate Jackson suggests that Ladies’ Field had a weekly circulation in the hundreds of thousands, whereas other ladies’ papers archived only seventeen to twenty-seven thousand. Kate Jackson, George Newnes and the New Journalism in Britain, 1880-1910: Culture and Profit (Aldershot, UK, 2001)." (footnote, p. 369)

"Governor of Wei-Hai-Wei and Mrs. Gaunt outside Queen’s House, Liu Kung Tan," Ladies’ Field, 30 June 1900; "An Englishwoman's Life in China," Ladies’ Field, 27 October 1900; J. Thomsom, "Broken China," Ladies’ Field, 3 November 1900; "The Military Hospital at Lui-Kung-Tao," Ladies’ Field, 5 January 1901; "Li Hung Chang’s Latest Portrait," Ladies’ Field, 30 March 1901; Douglas Hume, "China Cameos," Ladies’ Field, 4 May 1901; "Lady Lofengluh," Ladies’ Field, 7 June 1902; "Captain R. H. James and the Wei-Hai-Wai Contingent," Ladies’ Field, 30 August 1902; "Miss Chang," Ladies’ Field, 4 March 1905.

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Edward William Jacquet, The Kennel Club: A History and Record of its Work, with Numerous Portraits and Other Illustrations by Edward William Jacquet Secretary of the Kennel Club, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries (London, 1905); 4th ed. (London, ca. 1914).

Mrs. Archibald Little, Round about my Peking Garden (second impression, London, 1905).

Liberty and Co., Liberty Yule-Tide Gifts, 1909 (London, 1909).

Lilliam C. Smythe (ed.), The Pekingese: A Monograph on the Pekingese Dog, Its History and Points, with Notes on Breeding, Feeding, Etc., Photographs of Famous Dogs, and Directory of Breeders (London, 1909).

Mrs. Neville Lytoon, Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors: Including the History and Management of Toy Spaniels, Pekinese, Japanese, and Pomeranians (London, 1911).

Queenie Verity-Steele, The Book on Pekingese, 5th ed. (1914; repr., Brighton, 1926).

Lillian C. Raymond-Mallock, Toy Dogs: The History, Points, and Standards of Pekingese, Toy Spaniels, Japanese, Pomeranians, Yorkshire and Toy Terriers, Schipperkes, Pugs, Griffon Bruxellois, Maltese, and Italian Greyhounds with Instructive Chapters on Breeding, Rearing, Feeding, Training, and Showing and Full Information as to Treatment of Most Ailments (Kenilworth, ca. 1915).

V. W. F. Collier, Dogs of China and Japan in Nature and Art (London, 1921).

Anne Coath Dixey, The Lion Dog of Peking: Being the Astonishing History of the Pekingese Dog (London, 1931).

Mrs. Aston Cross, The Pekingese Dog (Tonbridge, UK, 1932).

Edward C. Ash, The Pekingese as a Companion and Show Dog: Its Care, Management, and History, Famous Owner, Breeders, and Dogs (London, 1936).

Theodore Herman, “An Analysis of China’s Export Handicraft Industries to 1930” (PhD diss., University of Washington, 1954).

Elsa and Ellic Howe, Pekingese Scrapbook (London, 1954).

Sarah Cheang, “The Ownership and Collection of Chinese Material Culture by Women in Britain, ca. 1890-1935” (PhD diss., University of Sussex, 2003).

Sarah Cheang, “The Dogs of Fo: Gender, Identity, and Collecting,” in Collectors: Expressions of Self and Other, ed. Anthony Shelton (London, 2001), 55-72.

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Other reference:

Liberty and Co., Descriptive Details of the Collection of Ancient and Modern, Eastern and Western Art Embroideries, Exhibited by Messrs. Liberty, April, 1894 (London, 1894).

Liberty and Co., Liberty Yule-Tide Gifts (London, 1898).

Liberty and Co., Liberty Yule-Tide Gifts, 1909 (London, 1909).

William Whiteley Ltd., Whiteley’s General Catalogue (London, 1914).

Debenham and Freebody, Chinese Embroideries: A Unique Collection of Rare Mandarin or Court Robes, Sleeve, Etc., Worn by the Manchu Aristocracy during Empire Period, Lama Robes Worn by Tibetan Abbots in Ceremonial Observances, Etc., Etc., Collected in Western China (London, 1915).

Hugh Honour, Chinoisrie: The Vision of Cathay (London, 1961).

Harriet Ritvo, “Pride and Pedigree: The Evolution of the Victorian Dog Fancy,” Victorian Studies, 29, 2, 1986, pp. 227-53.

Harriet Ritvo, The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in the Victorian Age (Cambridge, MA, 1987).

Dawn Jacobson, Chinoisrie (London, 1993).

Reina Lewis, Gendering Orientalism: Race, Feminity, and Representation (London, 1996).

Malcolm Baker and Brenda Richardson, A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 1997).