Winslow Homer
Our Watering-Places--The Empty Sleeve at Newport

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Our Watering-Places--The Empty Sleeve at Newport
  • from Harper's Weekly, 26 August 1865
Date1865
PlaceNewport, Rhode Island, United States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 9 3/16 × 13 13/16 in. (23.4 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (27.6 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.720
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Penand the Sword: Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and the American Civil War" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston August 4, 1990 - February 3, 1991 Subsequent tour through

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of the sheet in pencil "152 K101"

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