The drawing depicts a woman sitting and breastfeeding an infant; the infant lies across her lap, with its head on her right breast. The woman sits to the left and faces right; she looks down at the infant. The woman has curly hair piled on top of her head. She wears a low-cut dress with billowy sleeves. A second infant sits on her right hip, facing left and looking down; the second infant rests their left hand on the breastfed infant's head. The second infant is naked except for wings. The woman also appears to have wings. The background depicts billowing drapery and cloudy skies. The entire drawing is monochromatic sepia.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1784
- Medium:
- Red chalk on thin off-white laid paper, mounted on off-white laid paper
- Culture:
- American
- Dimensions:
- 514 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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