Welcome News
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1888
name: label: original artist
content: Perry Jr, E. Wood
label: graphic artist
content: Sartain, Emily
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This etching by Emily Sartain entitled "Welcome News," sometimes called "News from the Front," depicts an image after a painting by E. Wood Perry Jr. A young woman points to a location on a map spread out on the table with two elders looking on. She holds a letter in her left hand which appears to be associated with a location on the map, presumably the location of a son, husband, or brother involved in the Civil War. Beginning in the 1860s, Emily's father and brothers produced a number of Civil War-related prints, and this etching indicates the continuing market for such images and the family's long involvement in the genre.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Maps
label: Subject
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0260.01
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0260.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0260
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: etching
label: Object Type
content: Etching
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 65 cm x 94.8 cm; 25 9/16 in x 37 5/16 in