The soldier's return / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie, N.Y. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The soldier's return / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie, N.Y., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The soldier's return / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie, N.Y.
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A returning soldier and a waiting couple set the scene in *The soldier's return*, a hand-colored lithograph published in New York by J. Baillie around 1847. The date falls during the Mexican-American War, which sent many young American men away from home, so a homecoming image would have struck viewers with real emotional force. Prints like this were made for a broad market and colored by hand, turning a moment of war into a scene of domestic reunion that families could hang on their walls.
| Created / published | c1847. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Copyright by J. Baillie. |
| Subjects | Homecomings--1840-1850. Couples--1840-1850. Soldiers--American--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,100 × 2,977 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219795 |
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