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The Homeward Curfew
After: Joseph John (American, 1833–1877)
Printed by: The Hatch Lithographic Company (American, 1866 – 1908)
Printed by: The Hatch Lithographic Company (American, 1866 – 1908)
1874
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of the Department of Paintings
Accession Number67.84
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe text is taken the first five lines of Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard."
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: Painted by Joseph John / Copyright 1874 by Joseph John.
In stone, at lower center: The / Homeward / Curfew
In stone, at lower center: "The Curfew tolls the knewll of parting day. / The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, / The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, / And leaves the world to darkness and to me" / "Now fades the glimmering landscape on my sight."
In stone, at lower right: Stein-copied by Hatch L. Co. 34 Vesey St. N.Y. / Published by R. H. Curran & Co., Boston.
In stone, at lower center: The / Homeward / Curfew
In stone, at lower center: "The Curfew tolls the knewll of parting day. / The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, / The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, / And leaves the world to darkness and to me" / "Now fades the glimmering landscape on my sight."
In stone, at lower right: Stein-copied by Hatch L. Co. 34 Vesey St. N.Y. / Published by R. H. Curran & Co., Boston.
Provenance1967, gift of the Department of Paintings to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1967)