Our Women and the War

published 1862

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The artwork is a black and white illustration from Harper's Weekly, with a horizontal orientation depicting various scenes involving women during the war. In the upper region, a group of women in dresses are engaged in sewing activities around a table, with some standing and others seated, surrounded by laurel branches and musical instruments. In the lower left, a nun, identified as "The Sister of Charity," stands beside a bedridden man in a hospital setting. In the lower right, titled "Home Tidings," a woman sits at a small table, writing a letter, while a man reclines in bed. The composition is framed with decorative, swirling lines and text, integrating both domestic and caregiving themes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.2 x 51.6 cm (13 7/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.1 x 56.6 cm (15 13/16 x 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.31.261

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 61

  • Series Title

    From "Harper's Weekly", September 6, 1862, p.568-69

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1998

  • Powers of Protest and Persuasion: The Role of the Artist in War, Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, 1998-1999.

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.134.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.118.

Inscriptions

lower center: OUR WOMEN AND THE WAR.-[See Page 570.]

Wikidata ID

Q74073696