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English: Print of a solider sitting on a tree branch and peering through the scope on his rifle. A canteen hangs on a small branch nearby. "THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC - A SHARP-SHOOTER ON PICKET DUTY. - [FROM A PAINTING BY W. HOMER, ESQ.]" (printed below image). Clipping from Harper's Weekly, Nov. 15, 1862, page 724.
Title: "The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp Shooter on Picket Duty."
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Source Missouri History Museum
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Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/159014
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Winslow Homer  (1836–1910)  wikidata:Q344838 q:it:Winslow Homer
 
Winslow Homer
Alternative names
w. homer; homer w.; W.m Homer; Wm. Homer; Wm. (unidentified) Homer; Homer
Description American painter, photographer, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 24 February 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 29 September 1910 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston Maine
Work period 1859 Edit this at Wikidata–
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Category:New York, Philadelphia, Maine (USA)
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creator QS:P170,Q344838
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P0084-1285
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Misc. Newspaper Illustrations of Civil War
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Civil War, 1861-1865
wood engraving
Newspapers
Harper's Weekly
Army
Potomac
sharp shooter
picket duty
man
soldier
uniform
canteen
Trees
hiding
gun
rifle
scope
Armed Forces
Winslow Homer
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159014

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