The Battle of Bunker Hill--Watching the Fight from Cobb's Hill in Boston, from Harper's Weekly, June 26, 1875
1875
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Accession Number
1996.63.103
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1875, renowned American artist Winslow Homer captured a pivotal moment from the American Revolution in *The Battle of Bunker Hill—Watching the Fight from Cobb's Hill in Boston*, published in *Harper's Weekly* on June 26. This wood-engraved print commemorates the centennial of the famous June 17, 1775, battle near Boston, where colonial forces clashed with British troops in one of the war's bloodiest early engagements. Homer, a master of realism and a former *Harper's* staff illustrator famous for his Civil War sketches, shifts focus from the frontline chaos to civilian spectators on nearby ...
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...