In-depth analysis of "Snap the Whip" examines the work as the quintessential embodiment of American spirit. View painting, woodcut and drawing.

Detroit Institute of Arts presents this painting subtitled "Inviting a Shot Before Petersburg, Virginia, 1864." Click on the image for a history.

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum provides history, background details and a description of the painting by Homer.

Fine Art Museums of San Francisco presents a teachers' guide to American art and features a discussion of Homer's Civil War painting.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute offers a critique of this painting by Homer depicting two mountain men in the Adirondack Mountains.