Maud Earl

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Maud Alice Earl (1864-1943) was an eminent British-American canine painter.

Her father George Earl, her uncle Thomas Earl and her half brother Percy Earl were also animal painters of note, though none had her success. George Earl, an avid sportsman and noted sporting painter, was his daughter’s first teacher and had his daughter study the anatomy of her subjects, drawing dog, horse and human skeletons to improve her skill. She later said that her father’s instruction had given her ability that set her apart from other dog painters.

Earl became famous during the Victorian Era, a time when women were not expected to make their living at painting. Neverless, she developed a select clientele, including dog enthusiasts Kathleen, the Duchess of Newcastle, and Queen Victoria herself. One of her famous paintings is of Edward VII’s fox terrier “Caesar”.

Although extremely successful in England, Earl felt that the world she knew had been destroyed by World War I and she emigrated to the United States.

Maul Earl died in New York in 1943 and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.