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Christmas Boxes in Camp—Christmas, 1861,

Wood engraving with printed text on verso on wove paper

Print impression quality: Poor

Dimensions (Image): 275 x 232 mm (10.8 x 9.1 in.)

Dimensions (Sheet): 414 x 300 mm (16.3 x 11.8 in.)

Signed in block, "Adam S"; inscribed on mat in pencil in unidentified hand "Not by Homer"

Edition: Published in "Harper's Weekly," Jan. 4, 1862, Cover

Accession number: Retrospective TBD

Unrecorded source

Bibliography: Cowdrey 67 but without Winslow Homer signature (Cowdrey 67 describes the signature “HOMER” on block, which is not on this print; possibly the inscribed “Adam’s S” lower center on box is an artist’s signature).

Work Type: print

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• civil wars
• Christmas
• winter
• holidays
• genre
• American Studies
• U.S. Civil War
• Civil War era
• camps (military)

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