Officers and Horses at Rest

1864

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image features drawings of horses and figures interacting in a setting that appears to be military or stable. There are groups of horses with figures, some in uniform, arranged across the space. The upper portion shows figures and horses interacting. The lower section is more detailed, with figures standing near horses, emphasizing clothing and posture. The drawing is on sepia-toned paper with simple lines and shading capturing the movement and interaction between figures and horses.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, II

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.2 x 35.2 cm (9 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.121.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2005, Vol. I, no. 216

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Major Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, New York, by gift of Homer, 1904; Edmund Robbins Zalinski, his son, by bequest, 1909; Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski II, his son, Philadelphia, by gift, 1955; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1925

  • Original Drawings of the Civil War by Winslow Homer, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York, 1925

1997

  • Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 17 July-21 Sept. 1997

Bibliography

2005

  • Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 1. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, p. 268, no. 216.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: 14; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: E

Wikidata ID

Q64640231

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