Maze and Jessie's first Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Larry (named after Laurance S Rockefeller) was bred by Betty Spencer-Churchill, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill's widow. Larry, Neva, Marius and Joy were treated like royalty and were one of Maze's favourite subjects to paint.

Writing in the Foreword to Anne Singer's biography: Paul Maze, The Lost Impressionist, HE Monsieur Emmanuel de Margerie, French Ambassador to the Court of St James, former Director General of French Museums:

"May I conjure one last image of him, walking the Downs with his large cloak billowing in the wind, accompanied by his beloved King Charles's spaniels ('Larry, reviens, come back!'); they had been bred by his friends the Churchills, and seemed to have come straight out of a Van Dyck painting."