# The Veteran in a New Field, in The 19th century

Winslow Homer painted this in 1865, aged 29. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A Union veteran, his army jacket and canteen thrown down at the lower right, swings a scythe through a vast field of ripe wheat, his back to us. Winslow Homer painted the picture in 1865, the year the Civil War ended, and it captures the hope that soldiers could return to peaceful work.

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## The work

- Date: 1865
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 38 1/8in. (61.3 x 96.8cm) Framed: 37 3/8 × 51 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (94.9 × 130.2 × 13.3 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 67.187.131
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/winslow-homer), American, 1836–1910

Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life.

16 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/winslow-homer?hang=749) (16 works)
- [More Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism?hang=749) (41 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=749) (198 works)

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