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Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle
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Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910 · 1863–64 · Black chalk and white crayon on gray-green laid paper

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

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Recto: A soldier in Civil War uniform, stands in the foreground, feet spread, holding a rifle placed diagonally across his body in his left hand, using a long rod in his right hand to tamp gun powder down the barrel of the rifle.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
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Credit lineCavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle. 1863–64. Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. CC0.
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