Winslow Homer
Thanksgiving in Camp

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Thanksgiving in Camp
  • from Harper's Weekly, 29 November 1862
Date1862
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 9 1/8 × 13 13/16 in. (23.1 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 16 in. (27.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.705
Not on view

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "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
top right margin in pencil "HOMER
printed bottom right on the plate "Homer"

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