HUSH! HE SLEEPS 1866 Joseph Franck Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann VICTORIAN ENGRAVING

Original 1866 9 5/8 inch x 7 3/4 inch engraving titled HUSH! HE SLEEPS

A woman sitting in an ornately carved chair, cradling an infant and gesturing for quiet with a raised finger of her left hand.
Lettered below image with title: "In the collection of J Knowles, Esq Manchester”.

Engraving by Joseph Franck (1825 - 1883). A painter of mainly domestic scenes often with children.

After Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann (1826 - 1887). Born in County Cork Elmore was a history and genre painter.

Published in the Art Journal by J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London.

Page size 12 7/8 inch x 9 3/8 inch

The engraving, on fairly thick paper, is in very good condition, with minor foxing in the white border. Reverse side blank.