Picnicking in the Woods | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M9267
People: Designed by Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Published by Harper and Brothers Publishers
Title: Picnicking in the Woods
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, September 4, 1858
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: September 4, 1858
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/256785

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Wood engraving

Technique

Wood engraving

Dimensions

Image: 23.2 × 35.1 cm (9 1/8 × 13 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.3 × 40.3 cm (11 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.: Homer

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: F. 9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year: 1938
Object Number: M9267
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

"Country Life in Summer", Harper's Weekly (September 4, 1858), Vol. 2, no. 88, pp. 568-70

Verification Level

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