Thanksgiving Day - the Church Porch

Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910)

Date1865

MediumWood engraving on paper

DimensionsUnframed: 15 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (40.3 × 26.5 cm) Framed: 22 7/8 × 19 3/8 in. (58.1 × 49.2 cm)

ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER

Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase

Object number2009.8

DescriptionMen and women walk arm and arm outside of a church. Some men are dressed in top hats and suits while other men are dressed in their soldier's uniform. Many of the soldiers are wounded. The woman in the foreground is dressed as if she is in mourning.

Text under the etching reads:
"Thanksgiving Day-- the Church Porch."

Status

Not on view