The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

published 1862

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

This is a drawing of a Union cavalry and artillery pursuit. The image shows a group of soldiers on horseback riding energetically across a landscape towards the top left. In the background, a camp of military tents is visible, with figures and horse-drawn artillery present. Trees and open space provide a backdrop. The illustration is in black and white, utilizing lines and shading for detail.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1958-1959, no. 224 (not shown in New York).

1966

  • Our American Heritage, U.S. Army Security Agency Training Regiment, Fort Devens, MA, 1966, no cat.

Bibliography

1936

  • Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.

1969

  • Gelman 1969, no.127.

1977

  • Winslow Homer Graphics : from the Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics,The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1977: no.111.

Wikidata ID

Q65218733

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