“Anything for me, if you please?” – Post-office of the Brooklyn Fair, from Harper’s Weekly, March 5, 1864

Media - 1996.63.57 - SAAM-1996.63.57_1 - 63927
Copied Winslow Homer, "Anything for me, if you please?"--Post-office of the Brooklyn Fair, from Harper's Weekly, March 5, 1864, 1864, wood engraving on paper, image: 13 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄8 in. (34.8 x 23.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian, 1996.63.57
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Artwork Details

Title
“Anything for me, if you please?” – Post-office of the Brooklyn Fair, from Harper’s Weekly, March 5, 1864
Artist
Date
1864
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 13 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄8 in. (34.8 x 23.2 cm)
Markings
center left in image: HOMER lower center: "ANY THING FOR ME, IF YOU PLEASE?" -- POST OFFICE OF THE BROOKLYN FAIR IN AID OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION. -- [SEE PAGE 158.] upper left: 156 upper center: HARPER'S WEEKLY. upper right: [MARCH 5, 1864. lower right in pencil: 72
Credit Line
The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Mediums Description
wood engraving on paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Group
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — service — postman
  • Recreation — leisure — letter reading and writing
  • Architecture Interior — civic — post office
Object Number
1996.63.57
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.63.57