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Black and white mezzotint of a woman in a white head wrap holding a sleeping baby, with a distant landscape behind her.

The Amiable Mother: Woman Holding Sleeping Infant

A mezzotint in grey tones shows a woman in a white head wrap and draped shawl cradling a sleeping infant against her chest. Behind them, a hilly landscape with distant buildings opens on the left, and the lettered title appears along the bottom margin.

Artist
Unknown
Date
4 December 1790
Medium
Mezzotints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2925 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1790.
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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