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A painting of a pack of alert dogs with black, white, and brown coats gather in a light blue rowboat upon a clear lake with autumnal trees in the background. A painting of a pack of alert dogs with black, white, and brown coats gather in a light blue rowboat upon a clear lake with autumnal trees in the background. A painting of a pack of alert dogs with black, white, and brown coats gather in a light blue rowboat upon a clear lake with autumnal trees in the background. A painting of a pack of alert dogs with black, white, and brown coats gather in a light blue rowboat upon a clear lake with autumnal trees in the background.

Winslow Homer

Hunting Dogs in Boat (Waiting for the Start),

Maker

  • Winslow Homer

Title

Hunting Dogs in Boat (Waiting for the Start)

Medium

watercolor, graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Watercolor with sponging and scraping over graphite on paper

Techniques

  • Watercolor with sponging and scraping over graphite on paper

Supports

  • Wove rag paper

Dimensions

35.6 x 50.8 cm (14 x 20 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed:Homer 1889

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

94.005

Hunting Dogs in Boat (Waiting for the Start)

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Signed:Homer 1889

Publications

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

American Watercolors and Drawings from the 19th and 20th Centuries

May 20 - October 19, 1947
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