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Three hand-painted signs featuring animals. The middle sign shows a dog with the text “KING DANGER DOG” and Hindi script below. To the left is a yellow chicken, and to the right is a brown horse galloping through snow under the text “HORSE XI”.

Enormous collection of Nepalese beware of the dog signs? Why not.

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Date
15 February 2013

Can we just take a minute to close our eyes and give thanks for the internet? Once that’s done, have a look around this collection of naively brilliant Beware of The Dog signs from Nepal. These little nuggets of creativity warn trespassers not just of dogs, but of horses, cats, enlightened chickens and even spiders. The woman behind this awe-inspiring collection is Michelle Page, whose interest in the signs goes beyond their charming aesthetic.

“Michelle opened her business in 2007 after noticing inexpensive digitized computer-generated graphics were beginning to replace hand-painted signs. She feared the art and expertise the artists employ would soon be lost to modern technology.”

The good news is they’re all for sale, the bad news is that you’re going to have to pick a favourite. Good luck!

A painting of a brown horse galloping through deep white snow against a bright blue sky. Red text at the top reads “HORSE XING”.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painting of a white dog standing on a rocky landscape, framed within a circular vignette. The image is set against a teal background with the words “ENLIGHTENED DOG” curved across the top and Hindi text below.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painting of a white pug wearing a bright orange life jacket. To the left, vertical yellow text reads “DANGER DOG”, while Hindi script runs down the right side.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painting of a scruffy white dog with dark ears against a bright blue background. Text at the top reads “Enlightened Dog Here!” and red Hindi text at the bottom reads “कुक्कुर देसी होशियार!”.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A small, fluffy white dog sits against a solid blue background. Above the dog, bold white text reads “BEWARE OF DOGS”.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painting of a yellow chicken with a red comb and wattle, set against a pale blue background. Text at the top and bottom reads “BE AWARE OF CHICKENS!” in English and Hindi.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painted sign shows a brown and white bulldog standing on a grassy hill. Red text at the top reads “Danger Dog” and “खतरा कुकुर”.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painting of a brown and tan dog with an open mouth and one ear folded. Red text at the top reads “KING DANGER DOG”, with a line of Hindi text below the dog.
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Nepal Art Dogs

A painted sign featuring a long-haired dog in profile. Red text at the top is written in Devanagari script, while bold blue text at the bottom reads “BE WARE OF DOG”.
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Nepal Art Dogs

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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