L'ENFANCE. CHILDHOOD.

Date1775-1800

After work by Philippe Mercier (1689 - 1760)

Engraver Simon Francois Ravenet

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color

DimensionsOH: 13 3/4" x OW: 9 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1951-412

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "L'ENFANCE. CHILDHOOD./ Ph. Mercier inv.t/ Ravenet Sculp.t/ Publish'd According to Act of Parliament."
Label TextA Young girl is standing with her back to a table at left. She wears a blue hat with a plume, has light brown hair, wears a light red dress; holds a gray and brown cat under right arm and holds a doll with a yellow dress and blue front with a red ribbon around its neck and one on its cap in her left hand . Window at right overlooks a landscape with a large tree in the right foreground.