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Leonora with her mother

Maker

After
(artist)
1806-1870

(wood engraver)
1785-1866

Title

Leonora with her mother

Date of Production

1847

Medium

printed in black
wood engraving

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 14.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7726

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords








Provenance

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: The mother to her comfort flies: / "Oh! why this grief so wild?" / She clasps her daughter in her arms, / And cries "God calm my child!" //

Inscription: J. THOMPSON. / E //

Inscription: D. MACLISE, R.A. //

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