The happy mother [graphic]

Description

Title: The happy 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 working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Companion print to: The tender mother.
Mounted on page 36 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 56, to Pickering [London, 1126]; offered in Strong's Catalogue for 1843, lot 1867, and sold at Sotheby's in 1851. At one point owned by John Waldie, Hendersyde, with his bookplate in the volume. Sotheby's, 28 October 1942 (Miscellaneous Sale), to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : oval image 30.2 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 43.2 x 51.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3588 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 36. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1774?]