Suicide, Octave Tassaert, 1850-1862 (circa)

Plate 42: suicide of a mother and daughter, living in poverty; the mother is seated in a chair and looks towards a picture on the wall with the virgin and child, her right arm resting on her daughter who, seated on a stool at her mother's feet, has collapsed, one hand on her mother's arm; in the small attic room, a brazier with coals and a table in the foreground to right, a bed at the back, and light shining though a dormer window; after octave tassaert lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: 1850-1862 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 230 mm (image); Width: 176 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Suicide (BM 1880,0710.44)