• Title
  Original colour drawings for 'A Soldier, A Dog and A boy' written by Libby Hathorn, 2016 / drawn by Phil Lesnie
• Creator
  Phil Lesnie, 1985-
• Call number
  PXD 1488/Boxes 1-2
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  2016
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  1008789
• Physical Description
  26 drawings - watercolour on paper
  
• Collection history
  From Phil Lesnie.
• Scope and Content
  The 26 colour drawings depict the events of a story about an Australian soldier named Albert in the Somme, France during World War I.
  
  The drawings demonstrate the illustrator’s working process as each sheet contains watercolour colour tests and charts, and some sheets contain working notes in pencil.
  
  The children's book titled, 'A Soldier a Dog and a Boy' was inspired by a photograph seen by the author Libby Hathorn on a visit to the State Library of New South Wales. The image is of a French orphan Henri Tovell, being found in a sack, by Australian solder Timothy Tovell, who smuggled Henri back to Australia and then adopted him. 'A Soldier, A Dog and A Boy' presents a fictionalised version of the story of Henri Tovell and his adoptive father.
  
  BOX 1
  1. Front endpaper
  2. [Hello, lost dog!]
  3. [Skinny mutt, aren’t you?]
  4. [All right then, show me what you can do]
  5. [If you come back with me I’ll teach you how to fetch a stick]
  6. [We’d better be on our way, Tomorrow you can come with me]
  7. [You can share my greatcoat at night]
  8. [I think I’ll call you Flanders]
  9. [Hello – here’s a skinny boy]
  10. [Bonjour, soldier, Monsieur, that is my dog]
  11. [My name is Albert and I have a dog at home]
  12. [What's your name, boy?]
  13. [Jacques. And my dog is Victoire]
  14. [Would you like to sell me your dog, then?]
  
  BOX 2
  15. [Looks like I can’t change your mind, eh?]
  16. [Oh, I am sorry. It’s this long, long war]
  17. [I see. Well, time’s rolling on]
  18. [A bientôt]
  19. [Soldier walking in field of poppies]
  20. [Why are you running after me, Jacques?]
  21. [You would do this for me]
  22. [Jacques is running away through the field Victoire]
  23. [Hey, Jacques! Stop a mo!]
  24. [Is Victoire still your mascot?]
  25. [Author’s note]
  26. Back endpaper
• System of arrangement
  The order and numbering of drawings correspond with the order of the published book.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
  Copyright holder:: Phil Lesnie
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Approval for reproduction required: No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder.
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Phil Lesnie.
• Related Material
  Libby Hathorn literary papers concerning ‘Eventual Poppy Day’ and ‘A soldier, a dog and a boy’ (9622081)
• Published Information
  A soldier, a dog and a boy / Libby Hathorn ; illustrated by Phil Lesnie. Sydney, N.S.W. : A Lothian Children's Book published by Hachette Australia, 2016.
• Description source
  
  Drawings are untitled. Titles in this record have come from the first line of text accompanying the illustration in the published book, 'A Soldier, A Dog and A Boy'.
• Date note
  
  No date. Date of 2016 based on publication date of drawings.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hathorn, Libby
  
• Name
  Tovell, Henri Hermene
  Tovell, Timothy, 1878-1966
  
• Subject
  Children's literature, Australian--Illustrations.
  World War, 1914-1918--France.
  Fathers and sons.
  Color--Charts, diagrams, etc.
  
• Topic
  dogs
  war damage
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20229158

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