Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011517Mother and Child
About the Artwork
This tender moment between a mother and her child is characteristic of Kate Greenaway’s idealized images of childhood. Working in the late 1800s, Greenaway depicted clothing vaguely inspired by the fashion of the early 1800s, suggesting that the image was from a moment in an idealized past when things were simpler and happier. Greenaway was one of the most successful female illustrators of her time. Her illustrations were used not only in children’s books but also in a variety of consumer products, including calendars, address books, plates, and textiles, and even influenced children’s fashion.
Provenance
?–1955: Leona E. Prasse [1896–1984], Rocky River, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH March 10, 1955–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Leona E. Prasse, Connoisseur and Curator. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-August 25, 1985). Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 4-September 8, 2024).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Kate Greenaway (British, 1846–1901)
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- graphite and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15.3 x 10.1 cm (6 x 4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Leona E. Prasse
- Accession no.
- 1955.454
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