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Mother Seated Next to a Table Watching an Infant in a Cradle, from L'Amico di fanciulli (Children's Friend)

1788
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mother Seated Next to a Table Watching an Infant in a Cradle, from L'Amico di fanciulli (Children's Friend)
  • Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After Johann Heinrich Ramberg (German, Hanover 1763–1840 Hanover)
  • Publisher: Published by George Ernst (London)
  • Author: Written by Arnaud Berquin (French, 1747–1791)
  • Date: 1788
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state
  • Dimensions: sheet: 5 13/16 x 3 7/16 in. (14.7 x 8.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Walter Smith, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.749.41(12)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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