Join us at the Lee Council House for our Council Club Speaker Series:

Creating History on a Canvas: Winslow Homer and Sumter County

In 1866, artist Winslow Homer completed one of his most unique Civil War paintings, Near Andersonville.  Homer’s brother, Arthur, a crew member of the USS Kingfisher, gifted the painting to Sarah Kellogg of New York City.  When Kellogg died the painting disappeared for virtually a century before reemerging as part of the estate of Horace Kellogg Corbin, a wealthy Llewellyn Park, New Jersey scion.

On August 27, Dr. Glenn Robins, professor of history at Georgia Southwestern State University, will explore the meaning behind this mysterious painting and discuss how fragments of history can shine new lights on Sumter County’s past.