拍品专文
Correspondence from Joseph Gott (1786-1860) to his daughter in Rome, dated 16 September 1839, almost certainly referring to the plaster model for this grouping demonstrates the artist's pains taken in the conception process: '... see that the plaster Model of Mrs Dames little girl embracing a Maltese dog is put into the farthest room... & locked up for no one to enter for I have to work at the Dog before it is seen...' (Joseph Gott, 1786-1860, sculptor, p. 69, letter 40).