The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge
Winslow Homer
published July 12, 1862
Medium
Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 34.6 × 52.4 cm (13 5/8 × 20 11/16 in.); Sheet: 39.3 × 54.1 cm (15 1/2 × 21 5/16 in.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
158366
About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...