A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Poor Cottager
A well-dressed woman accompanied by two children stands next to a seated poor woman who holds a baby outside a crumbling cottage. The youngest child offers a coin and the group is attended by a Black servant boy. Behind is a landscape that includes a distant view of a great house. A proof of the print was exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1782.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Poor Cottager
- Artist: John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
- Artist: After William Redmore Bigg (British, Felsted, Essex 1755–1828 London)
- Publisher: James Birchall (British, active 1781–94)
- Date: 1784
- Medium: Mezzotint, hand colored
- Dimensions: Sheet (clipped to plate): 17 5/8 × 21 13/16 in. (44.8 × 55.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Ephraim Levy, 1912
- Object Number: 12.86.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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