Two chalk studies of Bout, a Kashmir dog given to Queen Victoria by Viscount Hardinge in 1847; one lying down, the other seated. Inscribed on page below image: 'W. Keyl' and 'Bout / A Cashmere Dog / given by Viscount Hardinge in 1847'.

The study of Bout standing was used by Keyl in his double portrait in oils of the dog with Minka (a pug also given to Queen Victoria in 1847) dated 1850 (RCIN 406616).  

Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl was the only pupil of the animal painter Edwin Landseer, who was one of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's favoured artists. Landseer recommended Keyl to his royal patrons, and Keyl executed many oil paintings and smaller-scale watercolours and chalk drawings of royal pets and animals.