'The Beans Family' - 'The Antics'.
Robert L. Dickey was born in 1861 in Marshall, Michigan. When he was still young, he started painting animals, especially horses. He got a job as artist and writer at Horse Review magazine, the top journal on horse sport, in 1894. He contributed witty cartoons about the racing scene for a quarter of a century. Dogs feature prominently in his newspaper strips 'Mr. and Mrs. Beans', 'Buster Beans' and 'Buckey and his Pals', which appeared in the 1930s. Between 1914 and 1930, he also created dog cartoons for Life magazine, and various illustrations for advertising. He died in October 1944, in Cleveland.
Self-portrait.
Peter Manning (horse), Robert L. Dickey, Edward "Pop' Geers and Sanardo (horse).