Bulldog Named Handsome Dan
Date1890-1910
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 × 3 7/8in. (12.1 × 9.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionA bulldog sits outside, in front of a house with double doors. He wears a thick buckled collar and sits with his nose sticking straight up in the air. The bulldog's name is Handsome Dan. He belonged to John Davenport Cheney and was Yale University's first mascot.
Object number1988.133.320
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "'Handsome Dan' bulldog. / According to Horace Bushnell Learned, this dog / belonged to John Davenport Cheney and was / the first Yale mascot."NotesNegative of 1988.175.3.20 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view