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Harper & Brothers|Winslow Homer|W. H. Lagarde|Harper's Weekly

Raid on a Sand-swallow Colony – "How Many Eggs?" (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

June 13, 1874
Wood engraving
34 × 23.2 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in)

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