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Baby's Birthday

Print
1902 (made), 1902 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A print depicting a procession of children at a small girl's birthday party.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBaby's Birthday (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand photogravure with roulette work on India paper
Brief description
Print, proof for 'Baby's Birthday', by Arthur John Elsley, engraved by Franz Hanfstaengl, published by Frost & Reed, hand photogravure with roulette work on India paper, made in Great Britain 1902, printed in Munich 1902
Physical description
A print depicting a procession of children at a small girl's birthday party.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 61.1cm
  • Plate width: 70.7cm
  • Sheet height: 75.4cm
  • Sheet width: 91.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Production typeProof
Copy number
23
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Birthday Party' (Inscribed in pencil in the donor's hand)
  • '23' (Numbered in pencil)
  • 'ARTHUR J ELSLEY 1902' (Signed and dated)
  • 'Arthur J. Elsley' (Signed in pencil)
  • 'Published at 8, Clare Street, Bristol, by Frost & Reed, Printsellers, of Bristol and Clifton, November 15th 1902. Berlin, Stiefbold & Co. 25 Markgrafenstrasse. Copyright, registered. Copyright 1902 in the United States of America, by Frost & Reed, of Bristol, England. Printed in Munich.' (Lettered)
  • (Blind stamped with the mark of the Printsellers' Association)
  • 'ELX' (Lettered in the bottom left of the front)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Accession number
E.2695-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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