Print, “The War in the Southwest”
6/01/2010 | 10:21 AM | Posted by
Josh Jenkins
Amongst the collections of the Old State House Museum, we have dozens of Civil War era prints and magazines. Harper’s Weekly was of course one the most popular circulated publications in the United States and the prints and engravings from it’s pages are often fantastic works of art and pieces of historical documentary evidence. Many talented artists illustrated for the magazine, including Thomas Nast and Winslow Homer. Homer worked illustrating and engraving for magazines for nearly 20 years, long before he became renowned as one of the great American painters. The print from the museum’s collections pictured below is from the November 21, 1863 edition of Harper’s Weekly. It is entitled “The War in the Southwest – Guerillas Hunting Union Men with Blood-hounds.”
The image is obviously pro-Union, as the two young men at the center of the image are unarmed and without uniform, fleeing for their lives from scarcely visible, faceless Confederate soldiers. The print shows an obvious talent, and though it is unsigned, could very well have been created by Winslow Homer. I just thought it to be a great piece of art, propaganda, and an example of pro-Union sentiment in a national publication. You can use the embeded application below to zoom in on the image, or even view the image full-screen, all within your browser. Just click on the plus or minus symbol to zoom in and out, or the top right button to go full-screen.
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