Title: Young Father Distressed by His Growing Family
Object type: Drawing
Date: 18th century
Artist:  Louis Joseph Watteau, called Watteau de Lille 
Artist bio: French, Valeciennes 1731–1798 Lille
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brownish-gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk. A horizontal strip 1.5 cm in height has been added at lower margin and the drawing continued in the same hand.
Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.  (36.5 x 22.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Mr. Peter G. Sachs, in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs, 1978
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Children, term: Men, term: Fathers, term: Women, term: Dogs, term: Family