Winslow Homer
Christmas Belles

ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Christmas Belles
  • from Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1869
Date1869
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/8 × 13 11/16 in. (23.1 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (27 × 40 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.753
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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 the sheet in pencil "186 K113"
the monogram on the side of the sleigh "WH"
printed below the plate "CHRISTMAS BELLES.-[DRAWN BY WINSLOW HOMER.]"

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