Looty (dog)

Looty
Looty is depicted sitting on a red cushion. Behind her is a Japanese vase.
A painting of Looty by Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl (1861)[1]
Other name(s)Lootie
BreedPekingese
Sexfemale
Born(Before 1860)
China
Died(1872-03-02)2 March 1872
England
Known forQueen Victoria's Royal Collection of Dogs
OwnerQueen Victoria
ResidenceWindsor Castle

Looty or Lootie was a female Pekingese dog acquired by Captain John Hart Dunne during the looting of the Old Summer Palace (near Beijing) in October of 1860. He presented her to Queen Victoria for the Royal Collection of Dogs, who named her Looty or Lootie in reference to how she was acquired. Looty may have been the first Pekingese dog to arrive in England.

  1. ^ "Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl (1823-71): Looty". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2022.