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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.

A family scene with a mother holding a sleeping baby and being shown a dead robin by one of her other children. Mezzotint by James Faed after R.T. Ross.

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

Español: Madre con bebé dormido y niños, mezzotinta

Un interior doméstico en penumbra, en mezzotinta, muestra a una mujer sentada que sostiene a un bebé dormido mientras un niño mayor, con el brazo sobre otro más pequeño, se acerca a ella. Un perro marrón está junto a un pequeño taburete, y un pequeño pájaro oscuro yace sobre el suelo en la parte inferior izquierda.

Português: Mãe com bebê adormecido e crianças, meia-tinta

Um interior doméstico na penumbra, em meia-tinta, mostra uma mulher sentada que embala um bebê adormecido enquanto uma criança mais velha, com o braço sobre outra menor, se aproxima dela. Um cão marrom fica perto de um pequeno banquinho, e um pequeno pássaro escuro jaz no chão, no canto inferior esquerdo.

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