Army of the Potomac--A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty
Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910
1862
Wood engraving
Impression: 9 1/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 15 3/8 in. (25.6 × 39.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Appleton 1792 Memorial Fund
PR.944.49
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, lower left corner: No [superscript] 62; stamped, in purple ink, on reverse, upper right margin: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / LIBRARY / APPLETON FUND
Exhibition History
Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January-February 1976.
Nineteeth Century American Prints, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-June 22, 1977.
Winslow Homer and the American Civil War, Israel Sack Gallery [American Works on Paper wall], Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October-December 2012.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1944.
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