Campaign Sketches: The Baggage Train
1863
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
1971.232
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Art Historical Context
Winslow Homer's *Campaign Sketches: Theaggage Train* (1863) captures a poignant moment from the American Civil War, a conflict that profoundly shaped the artist's early career. As a special correspondent for *Harper's Weekly*, Homer vivid on-the-spot sketches of Union soldiers, translating his observations into prints that brought the realities of war to a nationwide audience. This graphic arts print, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, exemplifies's rise as a realist chronicler of American life during one of its most turbulent periods. The composition centers on a rugged landscape do...
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...