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Drawing, Summit of Mt. Washington

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1869 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is graphite on paper off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. It is credited Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..

Its dimensions are

12.9 x 24.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed, dated and titled in graphite, at lower right corner: Mt. Washington / Homer 1869.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Summit of Mt. Washington; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; graphite on paper off-white wove paper; 12.9 x 24.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) ; Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-127

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Frederic Church, Winslow Homer & Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape.

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