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Black and white illustration depicting a well-dressed couple in a carriage by the seaside.

Winslow Homer

Our Watering-Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport,

Maker

  • Winslow Homer
  • Harper's Weekly

Culture

American

Title

Our Watering-Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport

Medium

wood engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Wood engraving on paper

Techniques

  • Wood engraving on paper

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 23.5 x 35.2 cm (9 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil in LL:52.298In Plate--Under image in letterpress:OUR WATERING-PLACES--THE ENPTY SLEEVE AT NEWPORT.--[SEE PAGE 534.]; along right edge:532 HARPER'S WEEKLY.[AUGUST 26, 1865

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND (all inscribed in a circle)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

52.298

Our Watering-Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport

Original--Verso:in pencil in LL:52.298In Plate--Under image in letterpress:OUR WATERING-PLACES--THE ENPTY SLEEVE AT NEWPORT.--[SEE PAGE 534.]; along right edge:532 HARPER'S WEEKLY.[AUGUST 26, 1865

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND (all inscribed in a circle)

Exhibition History

Process Work

February 1 - July 20, 2025
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