Maternal Instruction.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock (American, 1850 - 1851)

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock (American, 1850 - 1851)

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer (American, 1849 - 1850)

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 9/16in. (30.2 x 21.7cm) Sheet (height x width): 17 5/8 x 13 1/4in. (44.8 x 33.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number1995.182.99

DescriptionA woman is seated in a carved and upholstered chair. She wears a dress with lace and a ribbon tied in a bow at her throat, and two bracelets. She has a comb in her hair. Her left index finger is inserted between the pages of small paper-backed book. With a flat stick, she points to the text in a picture book held by a young child, who wears a dress and pantaloons. The illustration depicts a crouching animal, probably a dog. A second child, a girl, leans on the back of a chair nearby. A shawl or blanket rests on the chair. Drapery hang from a window at the far left. Papers and a wooden box with a hinged lid containing a ribbon [?] are on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth at the right. A patterned carpet, floorcloth, or matting is on the floor.

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