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after Winslow Homer

The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama", published 1863

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series Title

From "Harper's Weekly", April 25, 1863, p.268

Medium

wood engraving on newsprint

Dimensions

image: 35 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

sheet: 40.3 x 27.8 cm (15 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Catalogue Raisonné

Foster 1936, no. 67

Accession Number

1986.31.80

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Winslow Homer (artist after) American, 1836 - 1910

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Inscription

lower left in plate: HOMER Del; lower center: THE APPROACH OF THE BRITISH PIRATE "ALABAMA."

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.140.

1977: Kelsey 1977, no.125.

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