The Little Doctor

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Artist/Maker	C. W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd. (publisher) Elsley, Arthur John (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made) Vienna (printed)

A print depicting a little girl seated at a table upon which there is a puppy, a vase of flowers, a medicine bottle and a spoon. A second dog, who is on the floor, is standing on its back legs looking up at the girl with its paws on her knee.

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Categories	Prints Children & Childhood Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Print
Title	The Little Doctor (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand photogravure on India paper India Paper Hand Photogravure
Brief description	Print by Arthur John Elsley, proof for 'The Little Doctor', hand photogravure on India paper, made Great Britain in 1906, printed Vienna in 1907
Physical description	A print depicting a little girl seated at a table upon which there is a puppy, a vase of flowers, a medicine bottle and a spoon. A second dog, who is on the floor, is standing on its back legs looking up at the girl with its paws on her knee.
Dimensions	Plate height: 76cm Plate width: 54.9cm Sheet height: 91.1cm Sheet width: 74cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Production type	Proof
Marks and inscriptions	'ARTHUR J ELSLEY 1906' (Signed and dated) ' (Inscribed in pencil in the donor's hand with the title) '35 [deleted]' (Numbered) 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1907, by C.W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd., in the office of the librarian of Congress at Washington. Copyright 1907, by C.W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd., London E.C. Printed in Vienna.' (Lettered)
Object history	The model for the little girl in this painting was the artist's daughter Mrs Marjorie Wheatley, nee Elsley, as a child.
Subjects depicted	Girl Puppy Dog Medicine Bottle Pocket Watch
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2694-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191636/the-little-doctor-print-elsley-arthur-john/

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