Seeing the Old Year out

Seeing the Old Year out
Seeing the Old Year out

Seeing the Old Year out

Date1861
Original created by (American painter and illustrator, 1836–1910)
Illustration CitationHarper's Weekly, V (January 5, 1861): 8-9
MediumCommercial print process
Dimensionscomposition: 14 × 20 1/4 in. (35.6 × 51.4 cm)
sheet: 16 3/4 × 22 3/4 in. (42.5 × 57.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph S. Gotlieb, 1967
Object number1967-47
On View
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ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextNo doubt reflective of the general fear of war and the potential dissolution of the Union at the end of 1860, Homer acknowledged the dual aspects to 1860-61 New Year celebration. At the left of the picture, a family gathered around the hearth raises a toast to the New Year, while to the right of the image the populace pray, perhaps for peace in the days to come.
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