Winslow Homer
Family Party Playing at Fox and Geese

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Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)American, 1836–1910

CultureAmerican

Titles

Family Party Playing at Fox and Geese
Coasting Out of Doors
from Ballou's Pictorial

Date1857

PlaceUnited States

MediumWood engravings and newsprint

DimensionsPlate (.A, Family Party): 5 7/16 × 9 3/8 in. (13.8 × 23.9 cm)
Plate (.B, Coasting Out of Doors): 4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (11.4 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 3/16 in. (38.7 × 28.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics

Object number75.601.A,.B

Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Olympics in Art," Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica NY, Jan 13 - Mar 2 1980 (LN:80.5) (The object shown was 75.601.B, "Coasting Out of Doors.")
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom right margin of sheet in pencil reading vertically: G19-215 / 20 216}57-BP, top right corner: 19 / 20

printed on the plates .A bottom left edge: HOMER, bottom right edge: Demoreau
.B bottom left: FOX, lower right[on sled]: W HOMER

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