Winslow Homer
Family Party Playing at Fox and Geese

ArtistAmerican, 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
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Object Type
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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