August in the Country - The Sea-Shore

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9282
People: Designed by Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Published by Harper and Brothers Publishers
Title: August in the Country - The Sea-Shore
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, August 27, 1859
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: August 27, 1859
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/256854

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood engraving

Technique

Wood engraving

Dimensions

Image: 23.3 × 35.2 cm (9 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 27 × 40 cm (10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: center: W. Homer Del.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: F. 25

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: M9282
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

"August in Town and at the Sea-Side", Harper's Weekly (August 27, 1859), Vol. 3, no. 139, pp. 552-54

Verification Level

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