Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

published 1873

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a harbor with a large, partially constructed ship in the background. Workers are engaged in various tasks around the ship. In the foreground, a group of figures, possibly children, are gathered around, some sitting on timber. One of them is holding a small model sailboat. The scene suggests a busy shipyard environment focused on shipbuilding activities.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.92

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 110

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1958-1959, no. 233 (not shown in New York).

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.242.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.227.

Wikidata ID

Q65070005

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