Eight Bells

1887

Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate): 48.3 × 61 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession

    1964.4.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1398

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

gift of the artist to John Wesley Beatty (1851-1924) in 1903; by descent to John W. Beatty, Jr.; gift to the NGA, 1964

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 6.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 45.

Bibliography

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1398, p. 463-464.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: TO John W Beatty Winslow Homer / 1903.; lower left in plate: HOMER Sculp / Winslow Homer Sculp 1887; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: B-22,721 / Homer / Eight Bells / (Beatty Estate)

Markings

verso, lower left: NGA stamp

Wikidata ID

Q65512375

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