Winslow Homer
Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 3, 1860

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

CultureAmerican

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Expulsion of Negroes and Abolitionists from Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 3, 1860
Departure of the St. Louis Brigade for Kansas, November 25, 1860
from Harper's Weekly, 15 December 1860

Date1860

Place depictedBoston, Massachusetts, United States

MediumWood engraving

DimensionsPlate (.A): 6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.7 × 23.2 cm)
Plate (.B): 6 3/8 × 9 3/16 in. (16.2 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.5 × 27.8 cm)

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

Object number75.670.A,.B

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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: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

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bottom right corner of sheet in pencil "K52P 102"

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