“The Lincoln Children” by Susan Waters

(1845). No relationships with Abe whatsoever. Desperately trying to be serious.

“Family Portrait” (1630)

by Flemish Unknown Masters  (1630), Pinakothek at Munich. A proud father, a tired and absent-minded mother and children attempting to run away from this family picture… In other words: traditional family values from the historical perspective.

Joseph Wright “Experiment with the Air-Pump” (about 1768)

Tate Gallery at London. Scientific progress and sympathy.

Emma van Name (1795)

Whitney Museum of American Art

children in art

Franciszek Streitt, The Dolls’s Doctor, 1876, Poland

Franciszek Streitt, The Apprentice’s Efforts (known also as Working Hard), 1881, Poland