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Drawing, The Life Boat
This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1881 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is brush and wash, brush and gouache, chalk on wove paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
It is credited Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
- Pleated Cabriolet Fan (France)
- parchment and paper leaf, painted with gouache; pierced, painted and gilded....
- Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
- 1931-6-114
Its dimensions are
35.4 x 48.8 cm (13 15/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso: Stamped in brown, at bottom center: Cooper Union Museum New York, Lugt 457e.
It is signed
Signed in chalk, lower left corner: HOMER
It is inscribed
Recto: Inscribed in chalk, lower left margin: Sketch from nature, October 14, Homer [...] 1881; Verso: Inscribed in graphite: 27 / 35241-2.
Cite this object as
Drawing, The Life Boat; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; brush and wash, brush and gouache, chalk on wove paper ; 35.4 x 48.8 cm (13 15/16 x 19 3/16 in.) ; Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-130
