The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"

published 1863

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.31.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 67

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Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q74072693

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