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A journal cover with the title “APPLETONS’ JOURNAL”. At center, a dark illustration depicts two figures standing on a train, one looking back and the other looking forward.

Unknown Maker, American

Danger Ahead

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer
D. Appleton &amp

Culture

American

Title

Danger Ahead

Year

1870

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wood engraving

Supports

Dimensions

15.6 x 16.5 cm (6 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil in LL:"52.047/.9"In Plate--in LR corner:"WH"; in letterpress below image:"DANGER AHEAD/BY WINSLOW HOMER."; 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.57-VOL.III.] SATURDAY, APRIL 30,1870. {PRICE TEN CENTS." {WITH SUPPLEMENT.

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

52.047.9

Type

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), designer
D. Appleton & Company, publisher
Danger Ahead, 1870
wood engraving
15.6 x 16.5 cm (6 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches) (plate)
Gift of George P. Metcalf 52.047.9

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