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"A SHARP-SHOOTER ON PICKET DUTY" Winslow Homer's Famous Civil War Wood Engraving
Offered here is an original wood engraving of Winslow Homer's "The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter On Picket Duty" published in 1862! It will come to the buyer nicely matted and in a protective plastic enclosure. This is a wonderful example of Homer's work that is much in demand by both Homer and Civil War collectors. See the example and explanation in the National Gallery of Art's collection.
When Winslow Homer made the transition from illustrator to the medium of watercolors the first image he chose to paint was the Sharpshooter, which is shown above. The wood engraving offered is based on but a little different from the watercolor executed earlier in 1862 (e.g. the addition of the canteen and a clearer focus on the face of the marksman) and in many ways provides clearer details. In "Echo Of A Distant Drum: Winslow Homer and the Civil War" by Julian Grossman (New York, 1974) the author says of the wood engraving:
The Philadelphia Print Shop has offered the same Homer engraving for $750, but neither they nor New York's Old Print Shop currently have one for sale. Price: $350 Pay securely with credit card through PayPal by clicking the button below
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