Winslow Homer - War songs - Public domain monumental decor drawing
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Series of images relating to war songs. Mainly soldiers marching, but also African Americans hauling sacks on their backs. Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," is in center.
Title inscribed in brown ink below image.
Inscribed in brown ink, song titles are below individual images: The bold soldier boy; Hail to the Chief; The Girl I left behind me; Glory Hallelujah.
Inscribed in pencil, song titles below individual images: We'll be free and easy still; Rogues march; Reveille. Inscribed in pencil below Glory Hallelujah : As sung by the mop[?]troops. Inscribed lower right: USS 1st Troops.
Homer sketch is drawn on verso of Lithograph titled "Cours de Dessin" by L'eon Coignet. Lithograph by Julien. Imp. Lemercier, Paris. Published by Gambart, Junin &c, London. No. 25.
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, 23 November 1861, pp. 744-745.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1)
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