The Soldier's Farewell (from McGuire Scrapbook)

MEDIUMInk and graphite on thin off-white laid letterpress paper

DIMENSIONS9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (25.1 x 19.7 cm)

COLLECTIONThe American Wing

CULTUREAmerican

CREDIT LINEGift of James C. McGuire, 1926

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Emanuel Leutze was a German-born American history painter, best known for his iconic 1851 painting, "Washington Crossing the Delaware."