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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9308
People
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Engraved by Unidentified Artist
Title
War for the Union 1862 - A Bayonet Charge
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, July 12, 1862
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
July 12, 1862
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256355

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving on off-white wove paper
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
image: 34.8 × 52.4 cm (13 11/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
sheet: 40.6 × 55.7 cm (16 × 21 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, below image: THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1862 - A BAYONET CHARGE. - [See Page 439.]
  • inscription: upper left: 440
  • inscription: upper center: HARPER'S WEEKLY.
  • inscription: upper right: 441
  • inscription: lower left, in block: Homer

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. G. Russell Allen, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Foster 60

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9308
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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