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1838 (March)

The Mother

John Callcott Horsley

English, 1817 - 1903

The youngest member of the Etching Club, Horsley launched his career as a portrait painter but became known for his scenes taken from everyday life. Submitted at the club's second meeting, in March 1838, a year before he exhibited his first painting at the Royal Academy, London, this etching of a mother with her child exudes the comfort of a simple home life.

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