Motherhood, First Games

The child has pulled himself up on his mother's lap and reaches both hands to her face, one at her chin and one on her cheek. She steadies his back and tilts her head toward him, her hair dressed high with a long plait over the shoulder. The pale blue gown, printed with small flowers and ruched at the neckline, spills over the arm of a yellow buttoned chair with turned tassels. A white flounce gathers the hem around the edge of the base.