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1936

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2015

2025

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Print, "On the Beach, Two are Company, Three are None"

This is a Print. It was created by Winslow Homer and after Winslow Homer. It is dated August 17, 1872 and we acquired it in 1936. Its medium is wood engraving printed in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edith Wetmore. It is credited Gift of Edith Wetmore.

Its dimensions are

40.6 x 27.9 cm (16 x 11 in.)

It is signed

Signed with initials, lower right.

It is inscribed

Caption: "On the Beach-Two are Company, Three are None. - Drawn by Winslow Homer."

Cite this object as

Print, "On the Beach, Two are Company, Three are None"; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; wood engraving printed in black ink on paper; 40.6 x 27.9 cm (16 x 11 in.); Gift of Edith Wetmore; 1936-30-7

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