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Winslow Homer — A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty
Winslow Homer

A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty

1860

Part of Homer's Civil War series, this haunting engraving depicts the solitary tension of warfare through meticulous cross-hatching that emphasizes both vulnerability and vigilance.

Medium
wood engraving

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Winslow Homer, A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty, 1860

Part of Homer's Civil War series, this haunting engraving depicts the solitary tension of warfare through meticulous cross-hatching that emphasizes both vulnerability and vigilance.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1860
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Civil War, Action, American, Wood Engraving, Soldier, Military, Historical, Figurative

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago