Mother and Son

The painting depicts a woman and a child. The woman sits on a stone bench with her right elbow resting on the back of the bench and her chin on her right hand. She has brown hair pulled back into a bun, and wears a dark-brown jacket with a white lace-trimmed collar and cuffs, and a long white skirt. The child, standing to her right, has curly brown hair and wears a dark-green dress with puffed sleeves and a white lace-trimmed collar. A dog lies on the floor between them. Behind the bench is an ornate urn. The background shows a cloudy sky and a body of water. The woman and child are Mother and Son by Thomas Sully.