Home on Furlough
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Furloughs were brief periods granted to soldiers so that they could return home, usually lasting for a period of 30 days. In this color print, a soldier arrives home and is eagerly greeted by his loved ones. He embraces his wife and his children gather around him. The oldest son guides the soldier’s elderly father towards the man, and his mother, seen in the cottage’s window, holds up her hands in delight. A small dogs leaps up to greet his returning master and even the birds perched on the rooftop appear welcoming. Although the soldier will have to return to battle, this much-awaited chance to see his family clearly revitalizes him. Such a print may have been displayed by families impacted by the absence of a loved one fighting in the war and would provide hope for his eventual return.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: depicted
content: Family
label: referenced
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: American Civil War Prints
label: See more items in
content: Art
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3313
label: catalog number
content: 60.3313
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 in x 12 in; 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm