Winslow Homer
.A: United States Overland Pacific Mail Crossing the Gadsen Purchase

.A: United States Overland Pacific Mail Crossing the Gadsen Purchase

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.A: United States Overland Pacific Mail Crossing the Gadsen Purchase
ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: United States Overland Pacific Mail Crossing the Gadsen Purchase
  • .B: Cricket Players on Boston Common
Date1859
PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A, United States Overland): 5 × 9 7/16 in. (12.7 × 24 cm)
 Plate (.B, Cricket Players): 5 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (14 × 24.1 cm)
 Sheet: 14 13/16 × 11 in. (37.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.643.A,.B
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Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A printed on the plate bottom left: A Wand; bottom right: HAYES

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