Winslow Homer
Pay-Day in the Army of the Potomac

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pay-Day in the Army of the Potomac
DateFebruary 28,1863
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 13 5/8 × 20 1/2 in. (34.6 × 52.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/16 × 21 5/8 in. (40.8 × 54.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.708
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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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of the sheet in pencil "39 / 400 / 4"
printed on the plate bottom left "HOMER DEL"

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