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The mother / Etched thoughts of the Etching Club

  • Object type

  • Museum number

    1850,1214.26

  • Title (object)

    • The mother

    Title (series)

    • Etched thoughts of the Etching Club

  • Description

    A woman with a mobcap sitting in an armchair in profile to the left, holding a baby in her arms on the lap, the shatter of a window open behind her on the right, a jar on a table on the left; illustration to Basby's poem. 1844
    Etching, printed on chine collé

  • Producer name

  • School/style

  • Date

    • 1844

  • Materials

  • Technique

  • Dimensions

    • Height: 127 millimetres
    • Width: 81 millimetres

  • Inscriptions

      • Inscription Content

        Scratched below image with production detail: "CW C[ope] Etch Club", inscribed in lower margin in pencil with obejct and publication titles.

  • Curator's comments

    See 1852,1116.87 for comment.

  • Location

    Not on display (British XIXc Unmounted Roy)

  • Subjects

  • Associated names

  • Acquisition name

  • Acquisition date

    1850

  • Department

    Prints & Drawings

  • Registration number

    1850,1214.26

A woman with a mobcap sitting in an armchair in profile to the left, holding a baby in her arms on the lap, the shatter of a window open behind her on the right, a jar on a table on the left; illustration to Basby's poem. 1844 Etching, printed on chine

Recto

A woman with a mobcap sitting in an armchair in profile to the left, holding a baby in her arms on the lap, the shatter of a window open behind her on the right, a jar on a table on the left; illustration to Basby's poem. 1844 Etching, printed on chine

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