Engraving
- Title:
- The Berdan Sharpshooters at Weehawen
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1995.585.04
- Creator:
- Homer, Winslow (1836-1910)
Artist ; Harper & Brothers - Place of Origin:
- New York
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Relief print, The Berdan Sharpshooters at Weehawen, by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), published in "Harper's Weekly ", Oct. 5, 1861. Ink on paper. In horizontal panel at top; telescope, books, globe, papers, and protractor in right corner of top panel; two hands reaching out of clouds toward each other, one hand holding a paint brush, in center of top panel; harp, painting utensils, man's head, and quill pen set, in left corner of top panel; "Vol. V.-No. 249.] NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1861. [SINGLE COPIES SIX CENTS / $2 50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1861, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerks office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." in small horizontal panel in upper third of newspaper; large vertical panel with six illustrations; "THE / BERDAN SHARPSHOOTERS / AT WEEHAWEN." in scrolling tape, centered in large panel; scene of soldiers loading rifles with "THE LOADING STAND." printed at bottom of scene, in upper left corner of panel; scene of soldiers firing rifle with ammo bag on ground and "THE FIRING STAND." printed at bottom of scene, in upper right corner of panel; scene of crowd watching as a soldier marks a target to be shot at with "THE MARKER & THE TARGET." printed at bottom of scene, in lower left corner of panel; scene of soldier firing at target in the distance as crowd of civilans and soldiers look on with "TARGET FIRING- DISTANCE 35 RODS." printed at bottom of scene, in lower right corner of panel; circle with picture of Capt. A.B. Jones inside and "CAPT. A.B. JONES, N. HAMPSHIRE SHARPSHOOTERS." arched across top of cricle, in center of panel; picture of telescope rifle and rifle parts and "THE TELESCOPE RIFLE- Weight 32lbs.- Diameter of barrel 2 1/2 inches. 42 balls to the lb. / THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHARPSHOOTERS.-[SEE Page 636.]" centered at bottom of panel. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-16 W-11.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in the Collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Shooting, Shooting galleries, Military camps, Military training, Civil War, Battles, Newspapers, Soldiers
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