Second Class - The Parting. "Thus Part We Rich in Sorrow, Parting Poor."
Artist: Abraham Solomon (British, 1823–1862)
Date: 1855
Medium: Oil on panel
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States
Description
The signs posted inside suggest that the young sailor at the center is about to leave his widowed mother to emigrate and seek a new life in Australia.
















