Le dernier baiser, Adolphe Mouilleron, 1859

Plate 195: a young mother reluctantly hands over her child, wearing a simple dress, shawl and headscarf, she lays her face against that of her well wrapped baby, supported in her hands and also those of a person from a religious order, partly visible through a covered opening in a wall, a bell pull hanging close to it; the woman's bag is on floor, in the snow; after charles marchal. 1859 lithograph on blue chine collé. Date: 1859. Dimensions: Height: 223 mm (image); Width: 179 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Le dernier baiser (BM 1880,0710.204)