The Management of Childbirth

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Artist/Maker	Dalton, Pen (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

A colour screen print depicting, in the upper half, an image of a doctor wearing surgical scrubs and a stanza from 'Three Women' by Sylvia Plath. In the lower half of the print there are various diagrams of surgical instruments used in childbirth procedures as well as a diagram of Schroeder's 'Bimanual Examination'.

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Categories	Posters Prints Feminism Politics
Object type	Print
Title	The Management of Childbirth (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour screenprint Paper Screenprint
Brief description	Print by Penelope Dalton, 'The Management of Childbirth', colour screenprint, Great Britain, 1985
Physical description	A colour screen print depicting, in the upper half, an image of a doctor wearing surgical scrubs and a stanza from 'Three Women' by Sylvia Plath. In the lower half of the print there are various diagrams of surgical instruments used in childbirth procedures as well as a diagram of Schroeder's 'Bimanual Examination'.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 77cm Sheet width: 56.1cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions	'Print Produced By Pen Dalton 1985' (Lettered)
Credit line	Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted	Feminism Propaganda Surgeon Surgical Instruments Diagrams Poetry
Literary reference	Three Women
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1585-1991

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195074/the-management-of-childbirth-print-dalton-pen/

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