Sharp+Shooter+(engraving)

Date: 1862
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 * Title: **The Army of the Potomac--A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty**

Artist: **Winslow Homer** Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1836 Died: Prout's Neck, Maine 1910

Medium: wood engraving on paper Dimensions: image: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.2 x 35.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of International Business Machines Corporation

Accession: 1966.48.81 ||
 * Suggested Questions: **
 * What is going on in this picture?
 * What clues can you find that tell you why this man is aiming his rifle from a tree?
 * How would this artwork be different if it was in color?

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Artist Biography <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">SAAM Collections Page <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Aiming for Intimacy article from WSJ
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