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1946

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2015

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Print, The Songs of the War

This is a Print. It was after Winslow Homer and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros.. It is dated November 23, 1861 and we acquired it in 1946. 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 Samuel P. Avery.

Its dimensions are

41.2 × 56.3 cm (16 1/4 × 22 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block, lower right center: HOMER / HOMER DEL

Cite this object as

Print, The Songs of the War; Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; After Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; 41.2 × 56.3 cm (16 1/4 × 22 3/16 in.); 1946-68-6

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