[The tender mother] [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[27 February 1787]eng"A lady nurses a sleeping baby while another older girl approaches from the left; an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogueTitle 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.