[The tender mother] [graphic]

Description

Title: [The tender mother] [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.
Vivares, Susanna, active 1781-1797, publisher.
Published / Created: [27 February 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Abstract: "A lady nurses a sleeping baby while another older girl approaches from the left; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from later state in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.10396.
Proof state before title.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges.
Companion print to: The happy mother.
Sheet annotated at top with the name "James Gillray," written in ink and in a contemporary hand.
Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 12 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : oval image 30.2 x 38.9 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 42.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Amateur works
Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1787
Proofs
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Mothers
Children
Subjects: Mothers
Children
England > London > 1787
18th century
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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