Campfire with Soldiers

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Object Details

Artist

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Recto: Horizontal view of a campfire with soldiers grouped about it.

Verso: Trial lettering for caption of the illustration, "Songs of the War," published in Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861.

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.

Date

1861

Accession Number

1912-12-132

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

figures

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Recto: Graphite, brush and gray wash on paper Verso: Graphite on paper

Dimensions

17.2 x 24.9 cm (6 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

made in

USA

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f429ee21-3ab2-4db7-95e4-cf02821d5176

Record ID

chndm_1912-12-132

Campfire with Soldiers

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