# Soldier with Sword and Pipe, in Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer drew this in 1862, aged 26. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> Vertical view of a soldier with sword, standing with a pipe in his mouth, looking downward.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: 1862
- Medium: Graphite on paper
- Dimensions: 13.1 x 9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1912-12-159
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/winslow-homer), American, 1836–1910

Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life.

16 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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