Four Studies of Soldiers' Heads
Object Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910
- Description
- Vertical view showing the heads of four soldiers, with color notation, "Blue", beside head, at center left; and an indistinct letter, at top.
- Verso: various sketches of (1)a clouded sky, several "W's" inscribed at top; (2)a shore with boulders and vegetation emerging from the water, shown horizontally, with "Redish - white/ L[ight] B[lue]", the places to which are referred to being marked with circles and strokes, respectively, inscribed in the sky.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
- 1863–64
- Accession Number
- 1912-12-102
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black chalk on beige paper (darkened), lined; verso: charcoal, black and white crayon on beige paper (darkened), lined
- Dimensions
- 42.7 x 24.3 cm (16 13/16 x 9 9/16 in.), irregular
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1912-12-102
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq477ce4a59-2e5e-45d6-bf04-980a5578c068
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