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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.346
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
After George Moutard Woodward, British (Stanton Hall, England 1760 - 1809 London, England)
Published by Thomas Tegg, British (Wimbeldon 1776 - 1845 London)
Title
The Mother's Hope
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1808
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356974

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored etching
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 30.1 × 22.4 cm (11 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 39.5 × 25.5 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, upper left: I don't like dolls! I dont like / Canary Birds. I hate Batteldore / and Shuttlecock. I like Drums / and Trumpets - I wont go to school - / I will stay at home - I will have / my own way in everything!!
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: Bleƒs the Baby - what an / aspiring spirit - if he goes / on in any way - he will be a second Buonaparte!
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Woodward Del
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Rowlandson Fecit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: by Thos. Tegg N111 Cheapside / THE MOTHERS HOPE
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 21[?] May 1808
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: 228
  • inscription: from old mat: Woodward - Rowlandson / The Mothers Hope / 44 / 11137

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BM Satires 11137; Grego II 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.346
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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