Lullaby

c. 1890

Maude Alice Cowles

Associated Names
Maude Alice Cowles

Artist, American, 1871 - 1905

The image depicts a woman seated, holding an infant in her arms. Both figures are visible from the shoulders down. The woman is in a side profile, leaning over the child in a nurturing position. She has dark hair styled in an updo and is wearing a long gown with voluminous sleeves and a ruffled collar. The woman sits on a chair, with her feet on a cushioned footstool. The infant is dressed in a gown as well. In the background, a window with curtains drawn to the side reveals foliage outside, allowing light into the room. A side table with an object on it is nearby.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray and white wash on graypaper-surfaced cardboard

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.29 × 23.97 cm (13 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 44.4 × 27.6 cm (17 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 82.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and black ink: M. Cowles; lower center on mount: Lullaby; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: H.M. & Co.; upper center verso in blue colored pencil by unknown hand: HM 3-; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Maude Alice Cowles / 1871-1915; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Maude Alice Cowles / 1871-1905 / 2nd [not deciphered, upside down]; additional notataions in graphite on verso not deciphered (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64608762

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