The Army of the Potomac – A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty – From a Painting by Winslow Homer, Esq. (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII), November 15, 1862, Wood engraving, image: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.1 x 35 cm), Prints, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), In one of his most striking compositions, Homer describes a Union rifleman perched on a tree limb, drawing a bead on a Confederate mark across the lines. The expertly balanced rifle and glinting eye indicate a marksman’s skill even as his precarious pose suggests that the soldier could himself easily become a casualty of war
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