# The Army of the Potomac - A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty

By [Winslow Homer](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/winslow-homer.md>), 1862.

## Details

- Medium: wood engraving
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1262>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A soldier perched in a tree aims a rifle through the branches.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-bcbc1115046531bf/full.jpg?v=a3ff2a58a504d4030e9d536262fbac2791b842784234fdea03bd97a1e299f8c7>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.1262. Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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