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Drawing, Summit of Mt. Washington
This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1869 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is graphite on paper off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Homer incorporated this sketch of four horses in his 1869 exhibition picture Mount Washington, which shows a group of tourists dismounting their horses to walk the remaining path to the mountain summit. The artist recycled the painted scene, with minor flipping of figures, for the wood engraving The Summit of Mt. Washington, which was published in Harper’s Weekly. Homer understood that his prints, reproduced in mass market periodicals, could function as advertisements for his own paintings.
Wall Label from exhibition, "Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape," Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY.
This object was
donated by
Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
It is credited Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
Its dimensions are
12.9 x 24.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
It is signed
Signed, dated and titled in graphite, at lower right corner: Mt. Washington / Homer 1869.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Summit of Mt. Washington; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; graphite on paper off-white wove paper; 12.9 x 24.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) ; Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-127
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.
