Though Otterhounds have never been a widely owned breed and otter hunting even in its heyday was never a terribly popular sport, Otterhounds, or dogs who at least appear to be Otterhounds, have been depicted in a large number of paintings, prints and illustrations.

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Samuel Howitt engraving, late 1700s

Hand colored Howitt engraving, late 1700s

painting circa 1800

Walter Hunt painting circa 1900

Walter Hunt painting, 1904

John Sargent Noble painting

Maud Earl painting

19th century engraving

Louis Agassiz Fuertes watercolor circa 1920

19th century painting

19th century illustration