Caption

Mother with child at the breast, print, printmaker: Jules Isidore Lafrance, France, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1877, paper, etching, engraving, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 277mm x width 197mm, feeding a baby, A detailed ink drawing of a seated woman holding a child, rendered with dense crosshatching and fine lines; the woman wears draped clothing and a head covering and holds a staff in one hand while the other arm bends above her head, the child is unclothed and rests on her lap with limbs curled, both figures are shown on a rectangular plinth with fabric folds and shadowing around them, and the background is filled with dense diagonal hatch marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A85_275

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.3Mb (6.0Mb) / 12.2in x 17.0in / 3652 x 5101 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mother child breast print printmaker Jules Isidore Lafrance France publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris 1877 paper etching engraving drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 277mm x width 197mm feeding baby detailed ink drawing seated woman holding rendered dense crosshatching fine lines woman wears draped clothing head covering holds staff hand arm bends head unclothed rests lap limbs curled figures shown rectangular plinth fabric folds shadowing them background filled dense diagonal hatch marks