A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac

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Prints and Drawings

published December 21, 1861

Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)
published by Harper’s Weekly (American, 1857-1916)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Winslow Homer
Title: A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Published 1861
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 35.1 × 51.2 cm (13 7/8 × 20 3/16 in.); Sheet: 41 × 55.4 cm (16 3/16 × 21 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur and Hilda Wenig
Reference Number: 2001.782
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Gelman 121

Kelsey 105

Foster 48

Cowdrey 65

Goodrich 39

Beam 86

Tatham 114 I/I

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