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Print, The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

This is a Print. It was created by Winslow Homer and after Winslow Homer and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros.. It is dated July 12, 1862 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is wood engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Goldsmith Phillips Jr.. It is credited Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..

Its dimensions are

Image: 23.4 × 35 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block, lower left: HOMER

Cite this object as

Print, The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Image: 23.4 × 35 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.; 1947-4-6

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