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.

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[between 1800 and 1899]
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533362i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Motherless babe to its father.

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[England?], [between 1800 and 1899]

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

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"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

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Wellcome Collection 533362i

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