[The happy mother] [graphic] / drawn by Lavinia Countess Spencer ; engraved by James Gillray.

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Title: [The happy mother] [graphic] / drawn by Lavinia Countess Spencer ; engraved by James Gillray.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.
Published / Created: 1787 February 27
Copyright Date: [27 February 1787]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Abstract: "A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Possibly a proof state before title. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3321.
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on laid paper ; oval image 30.4 x 38.9 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 42.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Stipple engravings--England--London--1787.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 372