Order of the PugsEst. 1740 · Mops-Orden

Secret society.
Serious pugs.

In 1740, Catholics barred from the Freemasons founded a lodge of their own and put a pug on the door — for loyalty, trust, and steadfastness. Members wore collars with bells. We put their pugs on shirts.

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The First Lodge — Seven Designs

Each painting is public domain, framed in gilt with its museum plate, and printed to order on a heavyweight garment-dyed tee in Ivory or Charcoal.

The Grand Pug t-shirt mockup

The Grand Pug

Goya · Marquesa de Pontejos (detail) · c. 1786
$34.99
The Painter and His Pug t-shirt mockup

The Painter and His Pug

William Hogarth · 1745
$34.99
The Captain's Cabin t-shirt mockup

The Captain's Cabin

William Hogarth · c. 1745
$34.99
Marquesa de Pontejos t-shirt mockup

Marquesa de Pontejos

Goya · Marquesa de Pontejos (detail) · c. 1786
$34.99
Pug in an Armchair t-shirt mockup

Pug in an Armchair

Alfred de Dreux · 1857
$34.99
Lady of the Order t-shirt mockup

Lady of the Order

Meissen porcelain · c. 1745
$34.99
The Lodge of the Pugs t-shirt mockup

The Lodge of the Pugs

Engraving from the 1745 exposé
$34.99

The Zoomie Collection

Same paintings, zoomed all the way in — the close-up is the picture: set in a gilt frame with no caption plate, printed big on the chest. Each pug exactly as the painter's eye lingered on it.

The Grand Pug Zoomie t-shirt mockup

The Grand Pug — Zoomie

Goya · Marquesa de Pontejos (detail) · c. 1786
$34.99
The Painter and His Pug Zoomie t-shirt mockup

The Painter and His Pug — Zoomie

William Hogarth · 1745
$34.99
The Captain's Cabin Zoomie t-shirt mockup

The Captain's Cabin — Zoomie

William Hogarth · c. 1745
$34.99
Marquesa de Pontejos Zoomie t-shirt mockup

Marquesa de Pontejos — Zoomie

Goya · Marquesa de Pontejos (detail) · c. 1786
$34.99
Pug in an Armchair Zoomie t-shirt mockup

Pug in an Armchair — Zoomie

Alfred de Dreux · 1857
$34.99
Lady of the Order Zoomie t-shirt mockup

Lady of the Order — Zoomie

Meissen porcelain · c. 1745
$34.99
The Lodge of the Pugs Zoomie t-shirt mockup

The Lodge of the Pugs — Zoomie

Engraving from the 1745 exposé
$34.99

The dog is real history

Pugs sat for Goya and Hogarth, rode on porcelain ladies' laps, and presided over a banned lodge. Every design here is a real artwork, credited on the shirt.

Printed to order

No warehouse, no pile of stock. Your shirt is printed when you order it, on a heavyweight tee that feels like a vintage find.

The Order's motto

Loyalty. Trust. Steadfastness. The three virtues the pug stood for in 1740 — and still the only membership requirements.

Scratch at the door

Initiates of the original Order scratched at the lodge door to be let in. Ours is easier: leave your email and you'll be first inside when the shop opens — plus one dispatch a month on the pugs of art history. No barking required.