{"product_id":"the-reading-woman-nurse-reading-to-a-little-girl","title":"The Reading Woman: Nurse Reading to a Little Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe reading woman has been a popular subject for painters through the ages. She is, in herself, an expression of important, unspoken cultural ideas. She is ensconced in comfortable surroundings; she is at leisure. And that she is using her leisure to read indicates that she is educated - no small feat in centuries past. She turns to books for entertainment, insight, and revelation. The reading woman is a confirmation and a celebration of quiet comfort and hard-earned social stability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theliterarygiftshop.co.uk\/products\/the-reading-woman-leisure-boxed-notecards?variant=43010994438374\" title=\"The Reading Woman Notecard Set\"\u003enotecard assortment\u003c\/a\u003e also share their love of reading with children, creating another generation of readers. Just as the reading woman sets free her imagination and becomes absorbed in the written words before her, so can we briefly enter the world depicted in each painting and take part in its narrative. Within these intimate portrayals lies the opportunity for enlightenment and the seductive retreat from the concerns of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis artwork is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNurse Reading to a Little Girl by Mary Cassatt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne notecard with envelope supplied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank inside for your own message\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCard dimensions approx\u003cstrong\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e17cm (W) x 12cm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCards printed on recycled paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pen Paper Gift\/Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57523976307061,"sku":null,"price":1.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/8402\/3270\/files\/TheReadingWomanNurseReadingtoaLittleGirl.png?v=1787730161","url":"https:\/\/theliterarygiftshop.co.uk\/products\/the-reading-woman-nurse-reading-to-a-little-girl","provider":"The Literary Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}