Winslow Homer
The Dinner Horn

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Dinner Horn
  • from Harper's Weekly
DateJune 11, 1870
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 13 13/16 × 9 in. (35.1 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.780
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31 - April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate lower left "WH"

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