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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9298
People
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Published by Harper and Brothers Publishers
Title
Burning of the Government Hospital in E Street, Washington, November 4 -- Rescue of the Sick and Wounded
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, November 23, 1861
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
November 23, 1861
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256421

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Image: 11.3 × 11.3 cm (4 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.8 × 27.7 cm (16 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9298
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Burning of a Military Hospital", Harper's Weekly (November 23, 1861), Vol. 5, no. 256, p. 743

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