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Amputee Among a Group of Children

Alfred Jacob Millermid 19th century

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

A group of children gathers around an amputee displaying his wounds. From the caption below the image, the man lost his arm as a soldier: "A Maimed Hero of the War".

Alfred Jacob Miller was a prolific sketcher. He filled many journals with drawings and captions from the time he was studying in Paris and Rome (1833) until the 1870's. The varied interests of Miller are clearly reflected in these sketches: rural sites, studies after Old Master paintings, illustrations of literature, and comical scenes and characters.

This sketch comes from the family album of L. Vernon Miller, which contains works that have passed down through the Miller family directly from the artist.

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  • Title: Amputee Among a Group of Children
  • Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874)
  • Date Created: mid 19th century
  • External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
  • Roles: Artist: Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874)
  • Provenance: Inherited by L. Vernon Miller, Baltimore [1]; inherited by Katherine B. Miller, Baltimore, 1965; given to Decatur Miller, Baltimore, 1982; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994. [1] passed directly from the artist down through his family.
  • Object Type: drawings
  • Medium: pencil, black ink and wash on light brown paper
  • Inscriptions: [Label] Street sketch/A Maimed Hero of the War
  • Dimensions: H: 5 5/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (13.5 x 9.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Decatur and Sally Miller, 1994
  • Classification: Painting & Drawing
  • Accession Number: 37.2683
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