A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.

Motherless babe to its father.

[England?], [between 1800 and 1899]

1 drawing : brown ink over pencil ; sheet 22.5 x 21 cm

"The hand that would have blest me still / "Life's anxious part allow'd to fill / "By thee unseen, protects from ill, "My Father!" The motherless babe to its father. Lch Verses from "The motherless babe to its father" inscribed in ink on verso of mount: the poem, with an attribution to "E.M." was published in Sacred poetry, 18th edition, Edinburgh: William Oliphant, [18--], pp. 329-330, no. 257. Indistinct initials of artist "Lch"(?) inscribed in ink on the drawing

Wellcome Collection 533362i