# The Empty Cradle

- By: Thomas Moran (American, born England, 1837 - 1926)
- By: John K. Hillers (American, born Germany, 1843 - 1925)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: etching in black on silk
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: image: 20 × 14.61 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.) ; sheet: 24.92 × 18.1 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
- Credit line: Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.149146.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7d80cc91-ff81-4b51-9abf-e45ee95ffc11/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)