Winslow Homer, “The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty,” 1862, wood engraving, illustration in Harper’s Weekly (November 15, 1862, Smithsonian American Art Museum) A conversation between Sarah Alvarez and Dr. Kimberly Kutz Elliott
Additional resources
Learn about how printing worked in this period in Victorian Illustrators: From Sketch to Print
Explore the Winslow Homer Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Read about News and the Civil War at the American Antiquarian Society
Discover how Homer’s work for Harper’s Weekly helped shape his later career as a painter