Life in Camp, Part 2: Home on Furlough
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(198)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Life in Camp, Part 2: Home on Furl** (1864) is a vivid color lithograph by Winslow Homer, printed by Louis Prang &. and Beadle &. This petite work, measuring just 4 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches, captures a tender moment during the American Civil: soldiers on furlough enjoying time at home. Homer, renowned for his realistic depictions of the war's human side, drew from his firsthand sketches as a Harper's Weekly artist embedded with Union troops. Produced amid the conflict's brutal second year, it belongs to the ephemera genre—small, collectible prints that brought the war's realities into everyday lif...
About the Artist
Winslow Homer|Louis Prang & Co.|Beadle & 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...