Life in Camp, Part 1: Upset His Coffee
Medium
Color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (10.4 x 6.1 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jefferson Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson Burdick, 1947
Accession Number
47.91.25(180)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the gritty yet humorous world of Civil War camp life with *Life in Camp, Part1: Upset His*, a charming 1864 color lithograph by Winslow Homer, published by Louis Prang & Co. petite print, measuring just 4 /8 x 2 3/8 inches, captures soldiers in a moment of everyday mishap—likely one fumbling his coffee amid the chaos of military routine. Produced as ephemera, it reflects the era's popular collectibles, blending Homer's keen eye for realism with Prang's innovative color lithography techniques, which brought vivid hues to affordable prints. Homer, a pivotal figure in American realism,...
About the Artist
Winslow Homer|Louis Prang & Co. · 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...