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Mezzotint of a seated mother holding a sleeping baby as two children and a dog gather in a dim room with a fireplace at right.

Mother with Sleeping Baby and Children, Mezzotint

A dim domestic interior in mezzotint shows a seated woman cradling a sleeping baby while an older child at right, arm around a younger one, reaches toward her. A brown dog stands near a small stool, and a small dark bird lies on the floorboards at lower left.

Artist
Robert Thorburn Ross
Date
1849 1849
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3291 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1849.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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