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Winslow Homer — News from the War
Winslow Homer

News from the War

1862

Part of Homer's extensive Civil War documentation, this engraving poignantly depicts the home front's anxious wait for battlefield reports through masterful use of light and shadow.

Medium
wood engraving

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Winslow Homer, News from the War, 1862

Part of Homer's extensive Civil War documentation, this engraving poignantly depicts the home front's anxious wait for battlefield reports through masterful use of light and shadow.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1862
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Civil War, Journalistic illustration, 19th Century, Printmaking, Wood Engraving, Narrative Scene, American Realism, American Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago