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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.

A woman holding her sleeping baby after breast feeding it. Mezzotint.

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

Español: La madre amable: mujer con bebé dormido

Un mezzotinto en tonos grises muestra a una mujer con un turbante blanco y un chal drapeado que sostiene contra el pecho a un bebé dormido. Al fondo, a la izquierda, se abre un paisaje de colinas con edificios lejanos, y el título con letras aparece en el margen inferior.

Português: A mãe amável: mulher com bebê adormecido

Uma meia-tinta em tons de cinza mostra uma mulher com um turbante branco e um xale drapeado que segura contra o peito um bebê adormecido. Ao fundo, à esquerda, abre-se uma paisagem de colinas com edificações distantes, e o título escrito aparece na margem inferior.

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