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Winslow Homer Civil War Wood Engraving Crew of the United States Steam-Sloop "Colorado," Shipped at Boston, June, 1861 The Harper's Weekly description of this Winslow Homer print published with in on July 13, 1861 reads:
The author of "Echo Of A Distant Drum: Winslow Homer and the Civil War" by Julian Grossman (New York, 1974) notes that the task of blockading a 3,550 mile coastline was futile at first, "but by the beginning of August four blockading squadrons were stationed off the eight commercially vital Confederate ports" and they were effective until the the Confederacy was able to acquire naval vessels capable of challenging the Union squadrons. The author notes the vast wartime expansion of the Navy:
Below is Homer's signature on the print, the picture of which is inverted. It appears in the bottom left corner of the print. Below is the print as matted to a standard frame size of 16 x 20 inches, which will be it simple and easy to pop into a reasonably priced frame. It will come in a protective plastic sleeve, which is the cause of the light reflection in the picture below. Price: SOLD
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