Winslow Homer
Christmas--Gathering Evergreens

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Christmas--Gathering Evergreens
  • The Christmas Tree
Date1858
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A): 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15 × 23.1 cm)
Plate (.B): 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (39.4 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.618.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for Homer/Nast exhibition, September 1, 1998 to February 9, 1999.

Exhibited in "A Victorian Christmas," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, November 1, 2000 to January 8, 2001 (LN:2000.26).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner of sheet in pencil "K18,19", reading vertically "40 / 41"
plate A printed bottom left "HOMER Del"
plate B printed bottom left corner "WH"
titles as above printed below each plate

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