Soldier Taking Aim [recto], 1864

Not on View

Medium

black and white chalk over graphite on brown wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.9 × 23.7 cm (12 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Goodrich/Gerdts 2005, Vol. I, no. 226-R

Accession Number

1982.4.1.a

Artists / Makers

Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910

Image Use

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Provenance

(Charles F. Libbie auction gallery, Boston, 29 May 1878) [?]; Francis G. Shaw, Chatham, MA, by gift, c. 1890; (Maynard Walker Galleries, c. 1935); John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], 1936; acquired 1982 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Hatch, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
Shaw, Francis G.

Exhibition History

1878: Charles F. Libbie, Boston, [auction], [c. 27]-29 May 1878

1953: Early Winslow Homer, Covering Twenty-five Years from 1864 to 1889, Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, 19 Oct.-6 Nov. 1953. no. 19

1983: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., September 1983.

1997: Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Dc, 17 July-21 Sept. 1997.

2005: Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1976: Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 65.

2005: Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 1. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, p. 278, no. 226-R.