Our Watering Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport
Horizontal view of a wicker trap containing a woman and man with military cap of the Northern United States at the time of the Civil War; his left coat is empty and pinned under his lapel. Beach is visible in the distance, and the ocean beyond.
Credit: Gift of Cora Wilson...
August 26, 1865
Wood engraving printed in black ink on paper
1939-70-4
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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