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A Day's Widowhood: You shall never have another father

Lithograph
mid-1830s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph showing a woman in a black dress and veil sitting on a sofa holding her young son and daughter close to her. Behind the sofa hangs a portrait of a man, and to the left, a young man and woman are shown coming through the door. To the right a priest is seen reading the last rites over a dead body, whose hand is just visible through a gap in the bed curtains.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • A Day's Widowhood: You shall never have another father (assigned by artist)
  • Veuve d'un jour. Vous n'aurez jamais d'autre père (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
lithograph
Brief description
Achille Devéria. 'Veuve d'un jour. Vous n'aurez jamais d'autre père'. Published by Lemercier.
Physical description
Lithograph showing a woman in a black dress and veil sitting on a sofa holding her young son and daughter close to her. Behind the sofa hangs a portrait of a man, and to the left, a young man and woman are shown coming through the door. To the right a priest is seen reading the last rites over a dead body, whose hand is just visible through a gap in the bed curtains.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.375in
  • Width: 8.5in
Credit line
Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F.S.A.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Accession number
E.118-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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