M9297: The Songs of the War
Prints
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M9297
- People
-
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Engraved by Unidentified Artist
- Title
- The Songs of the War
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, vol. 5, no. 256, November 23, 1861
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1861
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/256861
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wood engraving and letterpress on off-white laid paper
- Technique
- Wood engraving
- Dimensions
-
block: 35.2 × 50.6 cm (13 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
sheet: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/16 × 21 5/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: lower center, in block: HOMER del.
- inscription: above block, letterpress: 744 HARPER'S WEEKLY 745
- inscription: below block, letterpress: THE SONGS OF WAR.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Foster 47
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
- Accession Year
- 1938
- Object Number
- M9297
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Publication History
- "The Songs of the War", Harper's Weekly (November 23, 1861), Vol. 5, no. 256, pp. 744-45
Exhibition History
Related Objects
Verification Level
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu