Winslow Homer
"Any thing for me, if you please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission

"Any thing for me, if you please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission

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"Any thing for me, if you please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission
ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Any thing for me, if you please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission
  • from Harper's Weekly, 5 March 1864
Date1864
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 13 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (34.5 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 11 3/8 in. (42.1 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.715
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of the sheet in pencil "7 J6[?]"

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Sanitary Commission
Thomas Nast
April 9, 1864
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.163
United State Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines
Thomas Nast
April 9, 1864
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.431.3
United State Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines
Thomas Nast
1864
Wood engraving
89.431.2
United States Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines
Thomas Nast
1864
Wood engraving
89.431.1
Dad's Coming!
Winslow Homer
November 1, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
75.807