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Drawing, Four Rowboats with Children

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1880 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on white 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..

Its dimensions are

24.7 x 34.6 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamped in purple, lower left corner: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Coooper Union [Lugt 457d].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Four Rowboats with Children; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper; 24.7 x 34.6 cm (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.); Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-13

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