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| Keywords: Daughter-1804.jpg The Neglected Daughter -- An Affecting Tale a July 2nd 1804 colored engraving showing a cautionary sentimentalized depiction of one of the worst-case scenarios for an unmarried girl or young woman who became pregnant i e dying of homelessness after having been disowned by her family and abandoned by her seducer ; the other main worst-case scenario -- being forced into prostitution -- didn't lend itself to such elegantly elevating verse as is included at the bottom of the print The England of 1804 was in some ways less rigidly inflexible than it became later on in the Victorian period but there was still a rather strong sexual double standard and a middle class never-married girl or young woman who gave birth to a child would generally find herself excluded from polite society even if her family were somewhat forgiving and indulgent unless perhaps she retrieved her reputation partially by marrying Edited from image on Library of Congress website http //memory loc gov/master/pnp/cph/3g10000/3g10000/3g10700/3g10737u tif ---- Bibliographic information found on the LoC site TITLE The neglected daughter an affecting tale CALL NUMBER PC 3 - 1804 - The neglected daughter A size P P REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USZC4-10737 color film copy transparency LC-USZ62-132365 b w film copy neg No known restrictions on publication SUMMARY Cartoon print showing a woman ostracized carrying a baby through a snowstorm MEDIUM 1 print engraving color CREATED/PUBLISHED London Laurie Whittle 1804 NOTES No 355 Title from item Forms part of British Cartoon Collection Library of Congress SUBJECTS Unmarried mothers--England--1800-1810 Mothers children--England--1800-1810 Snow--England--1800-1810 FORMAT Cartoons Commentary British 1800-1810 Engravings Color British 1800-1810 REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA DIGITAL ID color film copy transparency cph 3g10737 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3g10737 b w film copy neg cph 3c32365 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3c32365 CARD 2003652524 1804-07-02 Unknown 1804 artist published by Laurie Whittle Mothers in art Paintings of babies Winter in art Fashion in 1804 Mother and child in art Red clothing in art female PD-old-100 | ||||
