National Museum of American History
The Prodigal Son Feeding Swine by Henry R. Robinson
Robinson, Henry R. · 1840
This colored print is an outdoor scene of a barefoot and forlorn-looking young man in tattered gentleman’s clothing sitting among some swine. Clearly, he has fallen from a privileged position in society. Also visible on this farm are a cow, a bull, a ram, and a sheep. A white church steeple can be seen in the background, a symbol of Christian morality.
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