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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
A Shell In The Rebel Trenches
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

A Shell In The Rebel Trenches

Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910)
Publisher Harper's Weekly (American, 1825-1916)
CultureAmerican
DateJanuary 17, 1863
MediumEngraving
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Object number98.15.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a wood engraving depicting the trenches of the U.S. Civil War.

Exhibition History"Sacred Sites, Then and Now: The American Civil War," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler museum of Art, May 1 - Sept. 6, 1998. Published ReferencesHarper's Weekly, January 17, 1863.