Figure descriptions
A woman kneels at a low table and holds a young girl in her lap. The woman looks at
a Bible that is placed on a table and
leaning against a mirror. The girl holds her hands clasped together at her chest;
the woman holds the girl’s hands in one of hers.
The girl looks up at the ceiling and appears to be praying. Light streams in through
a window above the table. Full-page
illustration.
![forgetmenot_1839_157a_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_157a_themothersoffering.jpg)
![forgetmenot_1839_157b_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_157b_themothersoffering.jpg)
![forgetmenot_1839_158_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_158_themothersoffering.jpg)
![forgetmenot_1839_159_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_159_themothersoffering.jpg)
![forgetmenot_1839_160_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_160_themothersoffering.jpg)
![forgetmenot_1839_161_themothersoffering.jpg](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~vicpoems/page_images/forgetmenot/1839/forgetmenot_1839_161_themothersoffering.jpg)