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John Karst

A Quiet Day in the Woods

Maker

John Karst (American, 1836-1922)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer
D. Appleton &amp

Title

A Quiet Day in the Woods

Year

1870

Medium

  • wood engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • wood engraving

Materials

wood engraving

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

15.7 x 16.5 cm (6 3/16 x 6 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil in LL:"52.047/.10"In Plate--Above image:"APPLETONS' JOURNAL/OF LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART/Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by D. APPLETON & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York./No.65-VOL. III] SATURDAY, JUNE 25,1870. {PRICE TEN CENTS." {WITH SUPPLEMENT.;under image:"A QUIET DAY IN THE WOODS/BY WINSLOW HOMER."

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George P. Metcalf

Object Number

52.047.10

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  • Prints

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John Karst (American, 1836-1922)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer
D. Appleton & Company, publisher
A Quiet Day in the Woods, 1870
wood engraving
15.7 x 16.5 cm (6 3/16 x 6 1/2 inches) (plate)
Gift of George P. Metcalf 52.047.10

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