Mother and Child with a Bird
Mother and Child with a Bird

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Mother and Child with a Bird,

1845

Joseph Severn, British, 1793–1879
y1978-34

Information

Title
Mother and Child with a Bird
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 103.5 x 8 cm (54 3/4 x 40 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Surdna Fund

Object Number
y1978-34
Signatures

Signed and dated, lower right: J. Severn 1845

Culture
British
Type
paintings, frescoes
Subject
infants, birds, women, figures (representations), mother and child

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