# The Witch's Daughter

**Frederick Stuart Church** (Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City 1924)  
1881  
watercolor  
sight 20 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (52.1 x 31.8 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1929.6.18. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4824).

## About this work

Frederick Stuart Church painted this in 1881, aged 39. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Frederick Stuart Church](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/frederick-stuart-church)

Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City 1924

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 39
- Real size: about 21 × 13 in (52 × 32 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Landscapes, Animals, Figure female, Moon, Owl, Outer space, Occupations, Birds
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

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