"Goodbye, on the Mersey" depicts a scene of departure with undertones of life's transience.  The dark colors of this painting set this sad mood of parting.  Note the captain from "The Last Evening" walking through the crowd on the lower deck.

Goodbye, on the Mersey
James J. Tissot, 1836-1902, French
Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
Bridgeman Art Library, London
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