Artist: Carl Schloesser (German, 1832- 1914)
Medium: Antique hand pulled copper plate etching on laid paper after the original by master etcher Leopold Henry Lowenstam. (Dutch, 1842-1898).
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Dimensions: Image size 7 x 10 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 16 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
A stern-looking man standing on a road stares at two children, one of whom is carrying a bird cage.
German figure and history painter, Carl Schloesser studied in Frankfurt under J. Becker. Since 1857 he continued his studies under Th. Couture in Paris. He lived in that town until 1870 when he went to Rome from where he left for London in 1875.