The Little Nurseling, Take Him to Thy Love
1846
Artist, French, 1810 - 1884
Publisher
Author, Scottish, 1777 - 1884

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20 × 30.48 cm (7 7/8 × 12 in.)
plate: 25.24 × 35.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
sheet: 28.89 × 42.39 cm (11 3/8 × 16 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3574
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1882; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper right in plate: 3.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / F. Joubert, sc. / This little nurseling, take him to thy love, / And shield the bird unfledged, since gone the parent dove. / Art-Union of London, 1846.
Markings
stamped upper left verso in blue ink: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington. D.C. Jun 12 1882
Wikidata ID
Q77012067