Mother Embracing a Child
Mother Embracing a Child

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Mother Embracing a Child,

1845

Joseph Severn, British, 1793–1879
y1978-35

Information

Title
Mother Embracing a Child
Dates

1845

Maker
Joseph Severn
Medium
Fresco
Dimensions
sight: 131 x 935 cm (51 9/16 x 368 1/8 in.) frame: 139.1 x 102.2 x 7 cm (54 3/4 x 40 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Surdna Fund
Object Number
y1978-35
Signatures
Signed and dated on base of pillar: J. Severn / 1845
Culture
British
Type
paintings
Subject
children (people by age group), flowers, figures (representations), scrolling foliage, tablets, women, mother and child

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