Object Details
Artist
Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910
Description
Vertical view showing the heads of four soldiers, with color notation, "Blue", beside head, at center left; and an indistinct letter, at top.
Verso: various sketches of (1)a clouded sky, several "W's" inscribed at top; (2)a shore with boulders and vegetation emerging from the water, shown horizontally, with "Redish - white/ L[ight] B[lue]", the places to which are referred to being marked with circles and strokes, respectively, inscribed in the sky.
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Date
1863–64
Accession Number
1912-12-102
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Black chalk on beige paper (darkened), lined; verso: charcoal, black and white crayon on beige paper (darkened), lined
Dimensions
42.7 x 24.3 cm (16 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.), irregular
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1912-12-102