Young Soldier, Sketch of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion
Cooper Hewitt

Young Soldier, Sketch of a Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910 · ca. 1864

Brush and oil, gouache, graphite on canvas, lined
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

A young soldier stands in uniform, wearing a grey field cape. Sketched at left are different positions of the figure of a Zouave that are cropped. At upper right, a small study in graphite of a soldier giving water to a wounded comrade appears.

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