Image

Unknown Maker, American

Swinging on a Birch Tree

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer

Culture

American

Title

Swinging on a Birch Tree

Year

1867

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wood engraving

Supports

Dimensions

14.9 x 9.4 cm (5 7/8 x 3 11/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil in LL:"52.065/.1"; along top:"vol.3/no. 6 Our Young Folks/June 1864 Homer"In Plate--Printed below image:"SWINGING ON A BIRCH-TREE BY WINSLOW HOMER.] [See Swinging on a Birch-Tree, page 355.]

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 Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

52.065.1

Type

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer
Swinging on a Birch Tree, 1867
wood engraving
14.9 x 9.4 cm (5 7/8 x 3 11/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe 52.065.1

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