"Make haste, come children; the soup is smoking on the table; Granny is rising from her spinning wheel; Father is shouting for you! Quick! Quick!" (from "Vesper," in "Good Words for 1862," p. 9)
This wood engraving centers on a mother serving dinner to her family and illustrates "Vesper," a poem written the Countess de Gasparin. Born in Geneva, the countess addressed subjects ranging from religion to social issues such as freedom, equality and artistic expression and was read widely in Britain and the United States.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Make haste, come children; the soup is smoking on the table; Granny is rising from her spinning wheel; Father is shouting for you! Quick! Quick!" (from "Vesper," in "Good Words for 1862," p. 9)
- Artist: After John Dawson Watson (British, Sedbergh, Yorkshire 1832–1892 Conwy, Wales)
- Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
- Author: Related author Valérie Boissier, comtesse de Gasparin (Swiss, 1813–1894)
- Date: January 1862
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.7 × 16 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, 1965
- Object Number: 65.629.3(1.2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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