The iconic “Bear Dogs” painting by American artist Henry Rankin Poore (1859-1940) of Philadelphia was famously recreated in chromolithograph form by Winchester for their advertisements in the early 20th century. The print depicted two big foxhounds in the foreground, and two classic bloodhounds in the background, with the 4 pups in a barnlike setting. These famous dogs were purportedly part of the Winchester family hunting pack. The work was an instant classic. We can only imagine how the shopkeeper or owner of a gun or hardware store at the time would’ve been clamoring for one of these prints. They originally came with “WINCHESTER” marked along the top of the print, and “RIFLES, SHOTGUNS FOR SALE HERE and Ammunition” marked along the bottom of the print, and then the prints were mounted in elegant grained brown hardwood frames. Many examples, such as this one, were cut down to the size needed by the shopkeeper or owner, and then remounted in their own custom frames. This Vintage 1907 Winchester Henry R. Poore “Bear Dogs” Framed Advertising Print is in Good condition, having been cut down to a smaller size, removing all of the text from the print itself, including the small 1907 copryight date usually printed at the lower middle front, and then having been remounted in its own custom frame, and with a considerable amount of brown duct tape securing the print to that frame along all 4 back edges, some deep wrinkling and surface tearing to the print at the middle front, the middle left front, and the lower left front, a few more wrinkle and surface tears at the upper and lower right front, some whitish soiling at the lower middle left front, some light scattered “bubbling”, wrinkling, and surface tearing around the front, and with some overall age wear evident. Most interestingly, it’s a scarce, original chromolithograph Winchester “Bear Dogs” print from 1907, depicting two big foxhounds in the foreground, and two classic bloodhounds in the background, with the 4 pups in a barnlike setting, carries the artist’s facsimile signature, “H.B. POORE”, imbedded in the image at the lower right front corner, and features strikingly bold, distinct colors throughout. The period black finished brown hardwood custom frame “picks up the slack” with the markings having been removed from the print, as the frame itself carries “WINCHESTER” in large painted white lettering across the upper front, “RIFLES, SHOTGUNS FOR SALE HERE and Ammunition” in white painted lettering along the lower front, with three Winchester shot shells applied via decal at each middle side, and unique red “W” and cartridge logos applied via decal at each front corner. Those markings, as well as the frame itself, have a considerable amount of age to them. The frame measures 41 1/4” x 31 3/4”, the print itself measures 35” x 25 1/4”, and this beauty could easily be a centerpiece any hunting lodge, gun room, or Winchester advertising collection. A fine example of a very rare, original Vintage 1907 Winchester Henry R. Poore “Bear Dogs” Framed Advertising Print.