A Visit from the Old Mistress
Winslow Homer · 1876
Why it's great
A white woman visits former slaves on a plantation in Virginia after the Civil War, and the women's faces show different feelings. Winslow Homer painted this quiet scene about freedom and its limits in 1876.
🏛️ Part of history
Slavery & the Fight for Freedom (1780–1865) — A white woman visits former slaves on a plantation in Virginia after the Civil War, and the women's faces show different feelings.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Winslow Homer was born in Boston and became one of America's greatest painters. He started as an illustrator and covered the Civil War for a magazine. Later, he lived on the rocky coast of Maine, where he painted the sea, fishermen and storms. He died at his home at Prouts Neck in 1910.
