Thanksgiving Day â The Dance
November 27, 1858
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.
Accession Number
1947-4-40
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Thanksgiving Day – The Dance** *Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), 27, 1858* Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips Jr. Created when Winslow Homer was just 22, *Thanksgiving Day – The* captures a joyful moment of American social life in the mid-19th century. precisely to November 27, 1858—a time when Thanksgiving was still a regionally observed harvest celebration rather than the fixed national holiday it became after Lincoln's 1863 proclamation—this work reflects the emerging traditions of gratitude and community in pre-Civil War America. Classified among "f...