Le Spinone
	This is a copy of “Le Spinone”, Dog 16 in a series of chromolithographs that comprises “Le Chien”, a book or catalogue prepared for a sporting goods store in Paris.  It was published in France in 1907. An original of this catalogue is selling in London (1999) for $12,000 (US).
	Accompanying this copy was the following description that has been loosely translated from French:

The Spinone

Origin of the Italian Griffin, however Spinone, is curious enough, it is has true odyssey. Here it is what would be its history, according to M., Cremiere, that would have him learned Switzerland in:

There is has fifty of years, was, Lucerne has, has Mr., Stauffer, old officer having served Holland in, and that, big hunter, feels, every year, has friends that it had Italy in, Griffins of coming from dogs whom they had brought Holland back. These dogs, he/it had bought them in this country, has the Swiss officers serving France, that had them, themselves, brought back of our country, finding them very good. Mr. Stauffer spilled products of it and gave them has friends of the Swiss army especially, serving in Italy. According to this old hunter, the Spinone would not be done that our Griffin.

The Italian authors are not, however, not of this opinion, and say that the Spinone is original of the Alps Piémontaises. One cannot prevent itself, however, to say that between our Griffin and this dog he/it exists big enough likeness so that their origin is, otherwise identical, of the least strong neighbor.

Our neighboring hold Spinone in big esteem: “He/it is not beautiful, they say, goalkeeper he/it is valiant good and, two qualities that are greatly better than the first “.

Whatever he/it is some of his/her/its origin, the Griffin enjoys, as one sees it, of an excellent reputation; she is deserved. He/it has all qualities of the old Griffin French; he/it collects, decree and bring back well, doesn't fear the cold weather, nor the hot, and pass everywhere. Since one the knows, Italy in and in South the France of France of, he/it doesn't haggard taken deal has critical no, he/it was not the object of no reproaches.

The Spinone has the chunky members, the strong loins, the large feet. The head is magnificent, jaws are strong, the thick nose, ears of middle length and carried well, quick the eye and intelligent, has half hides under of thick eyebrows. The chest is deep, goal large pen, the tail is thin and attached well, not long too, even rather shorts.

Hair is hard and cantankerous, more abundant on eyes, to the musear, or it forms mustache, and under the jaw, or it takes paces of beard. He/it has an appearance of ferocity, but it is a mask, because he/it has some docile and loving instincts.

His/her/its structure is the one of Braque, but it has the shorter ears and the narrower thorax.

His/her/its coat varies the white and brown to the white and orange; it can be even gray with the brown stains. He/it doesn't have the immaculate whiteness of Braque, it is rather a white dirty (bianco sudicio). Tea thick to hurries that renewals it, more abundant tea winter, gives back it very capable has hunt to swamp and to covers it because he/it dreads, a lot less that Braque, effects of water and thorns.

In sum, he/it has all qualities of the Braque, said a Italian author, except beauty. “His/her/its to hate, nearly shorts the summer and thick the winter, his/her/its structures, the strong and resisting feet to stones ace has the ' water the powerful nose, the viqueur and the staying, the passion that he/it has for hunt, in make the auxiliary indispensable some hunter fascinated and practicing.”

This is how expresses himself, in his/her/its book Him Cacciatore, Mr. Franceschi, a writer Italian cynegetique of the biggest value. Praises that he/it doesn't award to the Spinone are, certainly, don't exaggerate; we saw some has the work, grants the South of France of France, that was some first-class dogs.

We would be done very doors has counsel the use of this race has our southern department hunters, or quote them are hard and arid, the craggy lands, the too spiny brushwoods for dogs have short hair.

The Spinone, elevated, and acclimatize for a long time in the North of Italy, would find, in the South of France of France, of conditions of climate and land more or less identical or would be able to, all has the joy, to develop itself/themselves his/her/its incontestable qualities. Let's not forget that he/it is hotter in Italy that in France, and that the Spinone resists the most elevated temperatures very well.