Advance of the Skirmish Line
1864 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
About this artwork
This graphite drawing on paper depicts Civil War soldiers moving forward in a forest clearing. It is part of the collection at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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Winslow Homer served as a special artist-correspondent for Harper's Weekly during the American Civil War. This drawing captures the gritty, mundane reality of soldiers on the front lines, reflecting the observational skills he would later use to become one of the most significant painters in American history.
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Advance of the Skirmish Line
Winslow Homer, 1864
