The Pick of the Litter

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Artist/Maker	The Medici Society Ltd. (publisher) Arthur John Elsley (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made) England (printed)

A print depicting a man, wearing traditional fox hunting clothing, presenting two young children with a beagle puppy.

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Categories	Hunting Prints Animals and Wildlife Children & Childhood
Object type	Print
Title	The Pick of the Litter (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Paper Printing Ink Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	Print, 'The Pick of the Litter', by Arthur John Elsley, published by The Medici Society Ltd., colour offset lithograph, Great Britain, printed and published 1986 after an original oil painting made in 1908
Physical description	A print depicting a man, wearing traditional fox hunting clothing, presenting two young children with a beagle puppy.
Dimensions	Size of sheet height: 50cm Size of sheet width: 37.7cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions	'ARTHUR J. ELSLEY 1908' (Signed and dated ) (Lettered with title in capitals) 'Arthur J. Elsley (1860-1952) / Original, oil 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm.) / By courtesy of E. Stacy-Marks Limited / © THE MEDICI SOCIETY LTD 1986 / USA distributors: Graphic Arts Unlimited Inc., New York City. / Printed in England / PMP 161' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Children Dog Hunter
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2697-1990

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Record created	February 23, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O191639/the-pick-of-the-litter-print-arthur-john-elsley/

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