A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac River, from Harper's Weekly, December 21, 1861, pp. 744-745., Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

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A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac River, from Harper's Weekly, December 21, 1861, pp. 744-745., Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910
A Bivouac Fire on the Potomac River, from Harper's Weekly, December 21, 1861, pp. 744-745. — Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910December 21, 1861

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