The Fountain on Boston Common
published 1857
Artist, American, active 1856/1860
Artwork overview
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Medium
wood engraving on newsprint
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.3 x 23.8 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 38 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1986.31.139
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Catalogue Raisonné
Foster 1936, no. 139
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1936
Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.
1969
Gelman 1969, no.9.
1977
Kelsey 1977, no.5.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: HOMER; lower right in plate: DAMOREAU; lower center: THE FOUNTAINON BOSTON COMMON.
Wikidata ID
Q74072995