Pen-and-ink lithograph of a wailing child with messy hair in a curved wooden cradle, toys on a patterned floor below, with song sheet music title beneath.

Rock Me to Sleep, Mother – crying child in cradle, 1875 lithograph

A pen-and-ink lithograph of a crying child with tousled hair sitting up in a curved wooden cradle, mouth wide open, while toys and a bundle lie on the patterned floor below. Sheet music for the song 'Rock Me to Sleep, Mother' sits beneath the scene, signed by F. T. Vance.

Artist: Vance
Date: 1875
Medium: ink (overall material) paper (overall material)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2880 × 2451 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1875).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

19th century pen and ink children sheet music comic print cradle 1875 print