One limited edition of eight archival pigment prints, otherwise known as a giclée print.  Signed, named and numbered by the artist in pencil in the bottom border.

Giclée involves the use of specialist large format printers, archival pigment inks and museum-grade Hahnemuhle 290gsm fine art papers; the combination of which produces prints of exceptional quality and longevity.

Archival framing using hand picked Tassie Oak is an additional option. This piece is approximately 96cm x 76cm framed.

Please contact Sarah M:0447 979 262 if this of interest to you. 

OR

For enquiries about the original Graphite and watercolour on Saunders Waterford 300gsm paper. 

PDSA Dickin Medal recipient Tich | Egyptian mongrel

Date of award: 1 July 1949 | 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1941 to 1945

 For loyalty, courage and devotion to duty under hazardous conditions of war, while serving in North Africa and Italy.

‘Tich’ was adopted by 1 KRRC during the fighting in the Western Desert in 1941. When the Battalion reached Algiers in 1943, ‘Tich’ was placed in the care of Rifleman Thomas Walker, accompanying him on the front line usually on the bonnet of a Bren gun carrier or stretcher jeep.

During the fighting in Italy Rifleman Walker, a ‘medic’, was awarded the Military Medal for a number of actions in which he either rescued or tended to injured men while under fire. On every occasion ‘Tich’ remained by his side, being wounded on a number of occasions, once very seriously.

Newspaper reports described ‘Tich’ as the brave dog of an outstandingly brave man. In recommending ‘Tich’ for the Dickin Medal, 1 KRRC’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel E.A.W. Williams, wrote: ‘Her courage and devotion to duty were of very real and considerable value and her courageous example materially helped many men to keep their heads and sense of proportion in times of extreme danger. The sight of her put heart in the men as she habitually rode on the bonnet of her master’s jeep and refused to leave her post even when bringing in wounded under heavy fire.’

The Battalion’s Chaplain also said of ‘Tich’ that: ‘She can leap on to any type of truck or vehicle, will howl like a wolf, will cry, will remain standing against a wall until told to move. She will also never eat or drink until ordered to do so by her owner.’

During her life ‘Tich’ gave birth to 15 puppies. After the War she lived with ex-Rifleman Walker in Newcastle, taking part with him in fund-raising activities for PDSA.

‘Tich’ died in 1959 and is buried alongside many other PDSA Dickin Medal recipients in the charity’s pet cemetery at Ilford.

As viewed on the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals website, 11/04/2023 < https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal>, and various conversations and sources.

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