Unknown Child Asleep
British (English) School
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1837
Materials
Mezzotint on paper in gilt frame
Measurements
370 x 350 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 930118
Summary
Print, mezzotint, An Unknown Child Asleep, British (English) School. 1837.A portrait of a child's sleeping face. Inscribed 'A birthday present to my beloved Fanny March 7 1837'; in a frame.
Marks and inscriptions
Below image: Happy child that sleepeth. / Happier he, who is awakened out of the sleep of sin, that he may see Christ. / Happier still, who, the toils of his pilgramage being ended, / falls asleep. / But happiest of all, who, when Christ appearath, / awakes up after His image and is satisfied. (handwritten below image)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, engraver (printmaker)