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Print, Snap-the-Whip

This is a Print. It was after Winslow Homer and engraved by Edward Lagarde and published by Harper's Weekly. It is dated September 20, 1873 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is wood engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Goldsmith Phillips Jr.. It is credited Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..

Its dimensions are

Image: 34.4 × 52.4 cm (13 9/16 × 20 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block, lower right: HOMER 1873; signed on block, lower left: LAGARDE Sc

Cite this object as

Print, Snap-the-Whip; Published by Harper's Weekly; Engraved by Edward Lagarde; After Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Image: 34.4 × 52.4 cm (13 9/16 × 20 5/8 in.); Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.; 1947-4-60

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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