File:Drawing, Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle, 1863–64 (CH 18175517).jpg

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Summary

Winslow Homer: English: Drawing, Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle, 1863–64 (

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Artist



Alternative names	w. homer; homer w.; W.m Homer; Wm. Homer; Wm. (unidentified) Homer; Homer
Description	American painter, photographer, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death	24 February 1836	29 September 1910
Location of birth/death	Boston	Maine
Work period	1859 –
Work location	Category:New York, Philadelphia, Maine (USA)
Authority file	: Q344838 VIAF: 15044075 ISNI: 0000000108727050 ULAN: 500019202 LCCN: n79023170 NLA: 35204236 WorldCat

Title

English: Drawing, Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle, 1863–64

Description

English: Recto: A soldier in Civil War uniform, stands in the foreground, feet spread, holding a rifle placed diagonally across his body in his left hand, using a long rod in his right hand to tamp gun powder down the barrel of the rifle. Verso: A head is shown from the back, at center; a wounded soldier sits leaning on both hands, shown in full length and in the opposite direction, at top; and a dead soldier lies with bent knees and covers his face with his left hand, at bottom.

Date

1863–64

Medium

black chalk and white crayon on gray-green laid paper

Dimensions

42.8 x 32.8cm (16 7/8 x 12 15/16in.)

Collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

	Native name	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 47′ 05″ N, 73° 57′ 29″ W
	Established	1964
	Website	www.cooperhewitt.org
	Authority file	: Q1129820 VIAF: 156924364 ISNI: 0000000406043167 LCCN: n80056822 Open Library: OL545974A SUDOC: 031882668 WorldCat

Current location

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design

Accession number

1912-12-99

Credit line

Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.

Notes

Type: Drawing
Period: Civil War
Country: United States

Source/Photographer

Catalog Photo

Licensing

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Rifles in the American Civil War