The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9305
People: After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Title: The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII, No. 284, June 7, 1862
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1862
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/256469

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Wood engraving and letterpress on cream laid paper
Technique: Wood engraving and letterpress
Dimensions: Image: 17.5 × 23.3 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.8 × 26.9 cm (16 1/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: W. G. Russell Allen, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: F. 56

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: M9305
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

"The Army of the Potomac", Harper's Weekly (June 7, 1862), Vol. 6, no. 284, p. 359

Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019

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M9305: The Army of the Potomac - Our Outlying Picket in the Woods