The Noon Recess

published 1873

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

This is a drawing of a classroom scene with a woman and a child. The image shows an interior of a classroom where a woman is sitting on a bench next to a child who is reading a book. The woman is leaning on her arm on a desk cluttered with books and school materials. A school bell is on the desk. A map of the United States is on the wall behind the woman. Through two windows, scenes of children playing outdoors can be seen. A blackboard with the alphabet and numbers is visible in the background, along with some books and school supplies on another bench. Wooden floors add to the setting's nostalgic feel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 x 34.8 cm (9 1/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 42 cm (11 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.7.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 104

  • Series Title

    From "Harper's Weekly", June 28, 1873, p.549

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

center in plate: WH; lower center: THE NOON RECESS.-Drawn by Winslow Homer.-[See Poem on Page 550.]

Wikidata ID

Q75425723

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