First step in lifeGerolimo, D., artist[late 18th century]engA Regency mezzotint on glass. A child stands between his two parents, his mother kneeling on the left and his father swings his watch to entice the child to take his first steps in their fashionable appointed sitting room. Through the open window above the settee can be seen a boat with a sail on a river and a imposing building on the distant shoreTitle from item.On glass in ebonized frame.