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Abbott Handerson Thayer

Mother and Child,

Description

Maker

  • Abbott Handerson Thayer

Title

Mother and Child

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed UR:Abbott H. Thayer;dated UL:Peekskill 1886

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund and Special Gift

Object Number

24.032

About

Mother and Child

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Signature: Signed UR:Abbott H. Thayer;dated UL:Peekskill 1886

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

Joseph Lindon Smith and His Circle in Dublin, New Hampshire

October 14, 1998 - March 3, 1999

After Eden

April 26 - December 29, 1996

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

Days Gone By

July 1 - September 26, 1971

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Mother and Child with the accession number of 24.032. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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