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Drawing, Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated July 1886 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is charcoal, white chalk on brown cardboard. 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

30.9 x 41 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed by the artist, bottom margin: Hell.....Ptg. [largely illegible] / July 1[5?] th '86

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; charcoal, white chalk on brown cardboard; 30.9 x 41 cm (12 3/16 x 16 1/8 in.); Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-35

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