Winslow Homer
A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

A Shell in the Rebel Trenches

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ArtistAmerican, 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
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
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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