Bare juniper tree branches spread diagonally over a hillside.

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Drawing, Tree Roots on a Hillside, Prout's Neck, 1884

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1884 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is charcoal, brush and white gouache on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Homer and Prout's Neck.

This object was donated by Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. It is credited Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..

Sketch of a large oak tree with spreading branches viewed from below, at center, with a second tree in the right background of the sheet.

Drawing, Waverly Oaks, 1878
graphite, brush and gouache on gray-green wove paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-87

Vertical view of a young woman, dressed in blue skirt, yellow jacket, white jabot and black hat, standing under a branch of an apple tree in bloom and smelling a cluster of blossoms. Beyond, to left, another tree in blossom; woods in distance.

Painting, The Yellow Jacket, 1879
brush and oil paint on canvas .
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1917-14-4

View showing tree-tops in foreground, some in autumn foliage, with a range of greyish hills beyond a valley and intermediate hill.

Painting, Autumn Treetops, October 11, 1873
brush and oil paint on canvas.
Gift of Mrs. Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1918-20-2

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View of a wooded valley and mountain in distance; pentimento of logger with ax over his shoulder, near tree-truck, at right of lower center.

Drawing, Valley and Hillside, 1889
brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-185

A view of a hilltop with large boulder, fallen tree-trunk and gnarled tree roots.

Drawing, Tree Roots, Prout's Neck, 1884
charcoal, chalk, brush and gouache on gray laid paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1912-12-90

Recto: View of a sloping hill with a male figure, seen from behind, seated on two fallen pine tree trunks and also framed by two live pine trees in center foreground, before a vista filled by a mountain river (or lake) surrounded by hills covered with burned trees; Verso: Patches of various colors.

Drawing, Mountain River or Lake, 1897
brush and wash, chalk, graphite on paper.
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..
1913-18-4

Its dimensions are

29.7 x 59.3 cm (11 11/16 x 23 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: Saint Mars. Verso: Stamped: 37

Cite this object as

Drawing, Tree Roots on a Hillside, Prout's Neck, 1884; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; charcoal, brush and white gouache on laid paper; 29.7 x 59.3 cm (11 11/16 x 23 3/8 in.) ; Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-91

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2B9W2/
Accession Number 1912-12-91
Object ID 18175461