This very beautiful and charming Oil Painting, depicts a mother and child interior with the mother trying to make her child sleep......hence the title......"Wide Awake'. John Watkins Chapman was a London-based painter and engraver of landscapes, portraits, interior and genre scenes. He exhibited more than 30 paintings at the Royal Academy between 1853 and 1903 and extensively at both the British Institution and at Suffolk Street. 1 of his nice interiors sold at Christies in 1999 for £18,400, see link: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1471813 It's beautifully painted as you can see from the details of the hair to the fine skin tones, carpet, dress and baby blanket in silk....super fine details throughout. Very beautifully executed and very high quality painting. Dated and Signed by the painter, 1871, on the baby cod. Very nice size with the painting measuring 46 x 36cm and the frame measuring 67 x 56.5 x 5cm. Beautiful gilded Original Frame with old sticker on the back showing the title of the painting. Everything is original and the frame is in lovely ondition. Some cracquele on the paint but that can easily be restored....no chips or damage. This is a reall very fine high quality painting and will look amazing on any living room wall. Hope you like it......Jan