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1812
GUSN-17400
Woman seated at table speaking to son. She is dressed in white: cream-colored cape behind her. He is dressed in pale blue suit w/ ruffled shirt. At base of picture: "FILIAL ATTENTION./ Attentive to the voice of Truth,/ Behold the fond ingenuous Youth/ Catch every word of glowing sense/ Which a kind Mother's lips dispense." Colored in shades of brown, green, pink. Gilt frame.
mezzotints (prints)
hand coloring
ink
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
education
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Watercolor
Hand Colored
Education
PICTURE
Under image, lower left hand corner: ""A. Buck delt."" Lower right hand corner: ""Meyer sculpt."" Under motto: ""London Publish'd 1st April, 1812, at R. Ackermann's Repository Arts, 101 Strand""
Meyer (Maker)
After Buck, Adam (Artist)
R. Ackermann's Repository Arts (Publisher)
London, England
12 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
1970.313
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