La lecture interrompue, Charles Louis Constans, 1822

An elderly woman seated on a chair, interrupted from her reading by a child at left; she strokes a cat on her lap and her feet are propped up on a foot rest; at right, two children, one playing with the woman's glasses and the other playing with the cat's tail; above at right, a print of the virgin mary with child hangs on the wall. 1822 lithograph. Date: 1822. Dimensions: Height: 232 mm (image); Width: 180 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. La lecture interrompue (BM 1869,0410.2067)