The "home sweet home" cottage, Easthampton

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 · June 1921

The gabled end of the famous old house covered with vines stands behind a fence, which is also covered with vines. In the foreground to the left a large elm-tree which casts its shadow over the roadway. This is where the author of the world-wide known lyric passed his boyhood--and this old house was the motif of the celebrated song. First sung in London a century ago.