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A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Poor Cottager

After William Redmore Bigg British
Publisher James Birchall British
1784
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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