The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp Shooter on Picket Duty
Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910
1862
Wood engraving on wove paper
Image: 9 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 15 1/16 in. (25.8 × 38.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Carl Golub
PR.993.58.1
Publisher
Harper's Weekly
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in block, lower right: Homer; printed, lower center margin: THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC - A SHARP SHOOTER ON PICKET DUTY. - [FROM A PAINTING BY W. HOMER, ESQ.].
Exhibition History
American Works on Paper to 1950: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-December 9, 2007.
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