Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926)

1890–91

Color aquatint and drypoint, with softground, on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Mixed-media print of a woman in a white dress sitting on a patterned couch holding a naked baby, with a bed in the background. Mixed-media print of a woman in a white dress sitting on a patterned couch holding a naked baby, with a bed in the background. Mixed-media print of a woman in a white dress sitting on a patterned couch holding a naked baby, with a bed in the background, and an inscription in the lower right side.