Winslow Homer
Thanksgiving Day--Ways and Means

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Thanksgiving Day--Ways and Means
  • Thanksgiving Day--Arrival at the Old Home
  • from Harper's Weekly, November 27, 1858
DateNovember 27,1858
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engravings and newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Ways and Means): 6 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.3 × 23.1 cm)
Plate (.B, Arrival at the Old Home): 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (16.5 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (39.5 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.615.1.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A printed on the plate botttom left corner: Homer

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