Winslow Homer
A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

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Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)American, 1836–1910

CultureAmerican

Titles

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches
from Harper's Weekly, 17 January 1863

Date1863

PlaceUnited States

MediumWood engraving

DimensionsPlate: 9 1/8 × 13 13/16 in. (23.1 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 16 1/2 in. (30.2 × 41.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics

Object number75.706

Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
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:8812)

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

bottom right corner of sheet in pencil "10-"

printed lower right on the plate "HOMER Del"

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