Young Soldier, Sketch of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Accession Number
1912-12-110
About this artwork
A young soldier stands in uniform, wearing a grey field cape. Sketched at left are different positions of the figure of a Zouave that are cropped. At upper right, a small study in graphite of a soldier giving water to a wounded comrade appears.