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Drawing, House at a Railing with Beached Dories

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1881 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is pen and brown ink on tan laid 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

10.5 x 18 cm (4 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: portion of mark visible at center of top; Stamp in black ink, lower right: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Green inside Blue [color notations for boats]; inscribed in graphite, verso upper right: (4)

Cite this object as

Drawing, House at a Railing with Beached Dories; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); England; pen and brown ink on tan laid paper ; 10.5 x 18 cm (4 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.) ; Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-4

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