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A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.
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A grief-stricken widower holds his child while the spirit of its mother, seen only by the child, descends to impart her blessing to the father. Drawing.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: "The hand that would have blest me still / "Life's anxious part allow'd to fill / "By thee unseen, protects from ill, "My Father!" The motherless babe to its father. Lch

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