The image shows a baby lying in a wicker cradle. The baby has a round face, light skin, large eyes, sparse light hair, and is wearing a blue dress. The baby is holding a small object in its left hand and is wearing red fabric on its feet. The cradle has a white pillow behind the baby's head and dark brown fabric underneath. The background has a dark area and a patterned floor with floral designs in shades of red and pink.
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Baby in Wicker Basket

Joseph Whiting Stock (American, 1815 - 1855)

c. 1840

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 77.4 x 66.3 cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/8 in.) ; framed: 94.3 x 83.3 x 8.9 cm (37 1/8 x 32 13/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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