Breezing Up

Circle of Winslow Homer, c. 1879

The image depicts a side view of a small sailboat with four people on board. The horizon is high in the composition, with another sailboat visible in the distance on the right. The drawing has a soft, sketch-like… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Circle of Winslow Homer ¹
Date: c. 1879 ¹
Medium: graphite highlighted with black crayon and white chalk on wove paper ¹
Original: 3,069 × 1,872 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund

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