A print, The Watch on Christmas-Eve

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Homestead Museum

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A print, "The Watch on Christmas-Eve"

Entry/Object ID

2014.1015.1.1

Description

A print, loose sheet removed from "Harper's Weekly," 1 January 1876. A double spread featuring an illustration by Thomas Nast, "The Watch on Christmas-Eve" accompanying a poem of the same title. A young girl has fallen asleep on a couch while her older brother keeps watch over the fireplace to the right. A dog appears at the bottom left. The parents peek in the half open door in the background. The print is in good condition.

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