The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers, from Harper's Weekly, June 29, 1861, p. 401.
June 29, 1861
Medium
graphic design
Classification
graphic design
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson
Accession Number
1951-93-5
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers** Winslow Homer, a pioneering American artist (1836–1910) renowned for his realistic depictions of everyday life and the American Civil War, created this graphic design for *Harper's Weekly* on June 29, 1861. Published on page 401 amid the war's early fervor, it captures women at home diligently sewing havelocks—-protective cloth covers for soldiers' forage caps, inspired by British military designs. As a staff illustrator for the influential periodical, Homer's work brought distant events into American living rooms, blending sharp observation w...