Family Scene: Feeding a Baby
date: label: Date
content: 1751
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior family scene. A woman seated in the center feeds a baby on her lap with a spoon. A man behind her holds a plate for her. A younger boy seated to the right of the woman, holds a cat who is looking at the baby. To the left of the baby, a crib and two chickens in the foreground. The interior is rustic, with a window and a shelf above to the right and baskets and a lantern to the left, with a ladder in the background. The title of the series is lettered above and numbered. The plate is signed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-249-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper