Dog Watching a Sleeping Child

A loose pen-and-ink sketch shows a child asleep on a basket-like bed with a scrolled base, one arm trailing over its edge. A curly-coated dog sits at left, gazing toward the sleeper, while a lattice window and sketched drapery fill the background.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1820

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1920 × 1421 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum