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Mother and Child

Watercolour
1808 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour and pencil drawing entitled 'Mother and Child' and inscribed with two lines of verse. Signed and dated by the artist.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMother and Child (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour and pencil drawing entitled 'Mother and Child' and inscribed with captions, by Adam Buck. Great Britain, 1808.
Physical description
Watercolour and pencil drawing entitled 'Mother and Child' and inscribed with two lines of verse. Signed and dated by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 238mm
  • Width: 195mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Mamma, don't make be beg in vain; Pray read that pretty book again (Inscribed with verse)
  • Adam Buck / 1808 (Signed and dated in pencil bottom left)
  • ACKERMANN & Co / LONDON (Stencilled on a card on the back)
Object history
This drawing, or a replica of it, was engraved by M. N. Bate and published in 1808.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
P.69-1930

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Record createdJuly 12, 2011
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