The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty

1862

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image depicts a person sitting on a tree branch, aiming a rifle. They are dressed in a dark uniform with knee-high boots. A metal canteen hangs from a nearby branch. The background consists of pine tree branches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 x 35 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 41.9 cm (11 5/16 x 16 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.31.75

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 62

  • Series Title

    From "Harper's Weekly", November 15, 1862, p.724

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 1.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 34.

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.135.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.119.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Homer; lower center: THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC-A SHARP-SHOOTER ON PICKET DUTY.-[From a Painting by W. Homer, Esq.]

Wikidata ID

Q74072653

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