The Soldier's Return, hand-colored lithograph, 1847

A uniformed officer in a blue coat with gold braid embraces a woman in a pink gown with lace trim beside a stone archway and garden. Behind them a path leads toward a distant pond, hills, and a grazing horse beside a fence. The hand-colored print has a light, sentimental tone typical of its period.

Artist

Baillie

Date

1847

Medium

hand-colored (image production method/technique) ink (overall material) paper (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

1861 × 2560 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History