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Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion
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Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910 · 1864 · Charcoal, white chalk, brush and white gouache on greenish-grey wove paper, mounted on cardboard

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Recto: Horizontal view of a soldier kneeling beside a wounded companion, holding his head, and giving him a drink from a canteen, as a third soldier stands and watches at left foreground. A faintly drawn group appears in right background. Verso: A drill ground.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
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Credit lineSoldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion. 1864. Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. CC0.
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