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Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)

1889

Medium
Etching on cream-colored paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
Sheet: 64.9 x 90.5 cm (25 9/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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About this work

Horizontal view of with the figure of an unconscious woman supported by a seaman, at center, being pulled to shore by means of breeches buoy.