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Mother Buttoning a Child's Dress
Christian Schussele1859
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Schussele, a native of Alsace, eastern France, completed his training in Paris under Adolphe Yvon (see Yvon's "Portrait of Napoleon III" (Walters 37.95)). An accomplished technician, Schussele immigrated to America in 1848 and settled in Philadelphia, where he pursued a successful career as a history painter and illustrator.
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- Title: Mother Buttoning a Child's Dress
- Creator: Christian Schussele (American, 1824-1879)
- Date Created: 1859
- 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: Christian Schussele (American, 1824-1879)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: wash on paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower left: C. Schussle 1859
- Exhibitions: Private Lives: Nineteenth Century American Genre Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1994., Private Lives: Nineteenth Century American Genre Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
- Dimensions: H: 5 5/8 x W: 8 5/16 in. (14.3 x 21.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1575
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