D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Soldier in parlor of home saying goodbye to wife, children and older woman.
By 1863, when the series The Union Volunteer was published it was evident that the Civil War would not be brief and that many lives would be lost. The family is pictured near the fireplace with concern on their faces as the soldier prepares to leave. Currier & Ives expressed the grief and sorrow experienced by the country through the tears shed by the volunteer’s wife.
- Object Creator
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Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907)
- Object Creation Date
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1863
- Medium
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Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
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13 ½ x 17 5/8 inches
- Credit
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Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquistions Funds
- Accession Number
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2004.D03.513
- On View?
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No
- Image Request
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Request Image for Reproduction
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