A dog by the name of Flower

with a foreword by David Hockney and an introduction by Lucinda Lambton

It is a well-known fact that artists love dachshunds. Bonnard had Poucette, Picasso Frika, Andy Warhol Archie, and Hockney his Stanley and Boodge. Less often noted is the attraction these adorable creatures have always had for royalty. But simply turn to the magisterial two-volume catalogue of the Victorian Pictures in the Royal Collection by Sir Oliver Millar and there you will find page after scholarly page devoted to portraits of smooth-haired dachshunds belonging to Queen Victoria — the matronly Waldemar, fat little D