Beschreibung:

American, mid-late 19th century. A collection of fifty-seven wood engravings, mostly Civil War era, by Winslow Homer published in Harper's Weekly, including one Snap the Whip, four A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac, six Our Women and the War, two Thanksgiving Day 1860, five Great Fair Given at the City Assembly Rooms, New York 1861, four The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863, seven Seeing the Old Year Out, seven News from the War, four The Songs of the War, four Halt of a Wagon Train, fourteen The War for the Union (Cavalry Charge and Bayonet Charge), four Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia, five The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States at the Capitol, Washington, March 4, 1861, one Skating at the Ladies' Skating Pond in the Central Park, New York, one The Drive in Central Park, two Homeward Bound, one The Grand Review, one Christmas (no date), and three Pay-Day in the Army of the Potomac. Unframed; each approx. 16 x 22 in. (paper). Provenance:Property from the Estate of Lewis W. Walker, Jr., Hudson, OH Condition: Various conditions, including toning, and spots of foxing. More extensive damage (including tears and water damage) on: one Our Women and the War, two Seeing the Old Year Out, one The War for the Union Cavalry Charge, and one Inauguration of Lincoln.