“For Her Soldier Boy” was painting created during World War I by artist H. Bucker. H. Bucker is most likely Henry Bucker, a portrait and scenery artist whose most popular works come from the late 1800s. The exact purpose of this painting is unclear and unknown. The painting is a portrait of a woman knitting on a porch overlooking the American Capitol Building. The artist signature and the date, 1917, are in the bottom left hand corner. In the bottom right hand corner is the inscription “For Her Soldier Boy.”
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