A Midwife Going to a Labour
A portly elderly woman walks against strong wind and rain, holding a lantern and a bundle. A watchman is behind her at left, asleep at his post, and a chimney sweep is walking against the weather at right.
Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
February 12, 1811
Hand-colored etching
35.0 x 24.6 cm
59.533.1402
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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