Pair early French motherhood color etchings inscribed as follows:

J.-H. Fragonard et Mlle. Gérard pinxt. et sc.

L'ENFANT CHÉRI.

LE PREMIER PAS DE L'ENFANCE.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was an all-time French master painter and print-maker active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime. Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837) was his disciple and sister-in-law. Fragonard was a curator at the Louvre which entitled him and his family, including Marguerite, to free living quarters there. She was exposed to the best art from an early age, became very successful in her lifetime and her painting "Clemency of Napoleon to Madame de Hatzfeld" was purchased by Napoleon.

Matted and framed , ready to display. Perfect decor for a nursery room or bedroom; or as a christening or Mother's Day gift. Plate marks, wide margins, taped to mat, toning and minor imperfections as shown. Shipped fully insured with tracking number

Measurements: Frames 16 1/2" high by 17 5/8" wide; Plate marks: 11 5/8" by 10 1/2" approximately.