Artist
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)American, 1836–1910
PublisherPublished by
Harper's Weekly(American, 1857–1916)American, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Songs of the War
DateNovember 23,1861
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 22 1/8 in. (39.8 × 56.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 22 1/8 in. (39.8 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.689
Non exposé
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited:"Winslow Homer's Images of Blacks: The Civil War and Reconstruction Years." The Menil Collection, Houston TX, Oct 21, 1988 - Jan 8, 1989, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, Jan 30, 1989 - March 20, 1989, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, May 6, 1989 - July 2, 1989(LN:88.12)
Exhibited "The Penand the Sword: Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and the American Civil War" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston August 4, 1990 - February 3, 1991 Subsequent tour through
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate bottom right "HOMER DEL"
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