The Little Nurseling, Take Him to Thy Love

1846

Ferdinand Joubert

Artist, French, 1810 - 1884

Thomas Campbell

Author, Scottish, 1777 - 1884

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • 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


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