<img width="640" height="890" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-700x973.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-700x973.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-216x300.jpg 216w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-170x235.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276.jpg 737w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="25550" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/07/01/two-young-girls/1912-12-276/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276.jpg" data-orig-size="737,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1912-12-276" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-216x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1912-12-276-700x973.jpg" />Winslow Homer, an artist best known today for his facility with watercolor and beautiful seascapes, started as a largely self-taught, freelance illustrator. His skill gained him a position working for the popular mid-19th century periodical Harper’s Weekly. While working for Harper’s, Homer became intimately acquainted with the Civil War. He was sent to the front,...
