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Image Not Available for Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly
Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly
Image Not Available for Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (American, 1836 - 1910)

Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly

DateSeptember 27, 1873
MediumWood engraving
Credit LineGift of Linda Hyman
Dimensions9 3/16 x 13 7/8 in. (23.3 x 35.3 cm)
Object number1986.023.001
Label TextGloucester, Massachusetts was an active fishing port that also attracted tourists and artists. Homer's stay there in the summer of 1873 resulted in his first watercolors as well as a number of seaside sketches of boys and boats for Harper's Weekly. Motifs from his paintings were often reused in the illustrations and vice versa. The popularity of scenes like this with boys simply floating in the harbor on a sunny afternoon may reflect the nation's nostalgia for childhood, a longing for an imagined state of pre-war innocence.
Exhibition HistoryWinslow Homer in Print, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 9 - June 24, 2001
ProvenanceWith Linda Hyman (1940-2010) [Linda Hyman Fine Arts], New York, New York, received as a gift, 1973.
Status
Not on view
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  • Works of Art on Paper