Caption

The lap, Woman with child on lap, French etchings from 1879, L'eau-forte en 1879, print, Series number, 8, 30, watermark, collector's mark: 'AFE v S', printmaker: Luis Jiménez y Aranda, publisher: widow Alfred Cadart, Paris, 1879, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, height 277 mm x width 190 mm, mother and baby or young child, rattle (child's toy), A monochrome etching showing a seated woman holding a baby on her lap, the woman wearing a head covering and a dark outer garment with a patterned collar and holding a small object between her fingers, the baby wrapped in a long, frilly gown and cap, both figures rendered with fine crosshatching against a densely hatched dark background, a wooden chair partially visible behind them and a patterned rug beneath, decorative carved furniture edge at the left and areas of linear floorboards and ornamental details around the lower edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_218

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.0Mb (10.6Mb) / 10.6in x 15.8in / 3179 x 4727 (300dpi)

Keywords

lap Woman child French etchings 1879 L'eau-forte en 1879 print Series number 8 30 watermark collector's mark AFE v S printmaker Luis Jiménez y Aranda publisher widow Alfred Cadart Paris paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique height 277 mm x width 190 mm mother baby young child rattle child's toy monochrome showing seated woman holding woman wearing head covering dark outer garment patterned collar holding small object fingers baby wrapped long frilly gown cap figures rendered fine crosshatching densely hatched dark background wooden chair partially visible them patterned rug beneath decorative carved furniture edge left areas linear floorboards ornamental details lower edge