Watch-Tower, Corner of Spring and Varick Streets, New York, from Harper's Weekly, February 28, 1874
Catalogue
- Year
- 1874
- Medium
- wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- overall image: 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.2 x 23.5 cm) sheet: 16 x 10 7/8 in. (40.6 x 27.6 cm)
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
Artist
Painting
Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.
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Record
Verified by Watts Index- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Year
- 1874
- Medium
- wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- overall image: 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.2 x 23.5 cm) sheet: 16 x 10 7/8 in. (40.6 x 27.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1874-058598
Source
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified