lying-in visit; or a short-sighted mistake!,1792,coal scuttle,uniformed footman

Title: A lying-in visit; or a short-sighted mistake!
Creator(s): Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), ca. 1760-1809, artist
Date Created/Published: 1792.
Summary: A woman leans forward with both arms extended toward a coal-scuttle, held by a uniformed footman who stares at her.
Notes:
Drawing for a print by Isaac Cruikshank. See SWANN - no. 350 (A size) for related image. The last word in the caption is different from the printed version, which ends with the word 'Creature.' Other variations include differences in coloring and in the woman's dress and hat.
Inscribed above woman: O you pretty creature! bless the dear baby how it smiles. Give it to me Nurse it has exactly its papas nose, and mamas eyes. O it is a delightful little Cherubim.
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Signed, lower left: G.M. Woodward Delin.
Title inscribed below image.
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.742)
Published in: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol VI 1784-1792 / by Mary Dorothy George. London: The British Museum, Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1938 (entry #8211).
Subjects:
Coal--1790-1800.
Infants--1790-1800.
Drawings--British--Color--1790-1800.
Satires (Visual works)--British--1790-1800.
Bookmark /2009617565/
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