Sea-Side Sketches - A Clam-Bake

published 1873

William H. Redding after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
William H. Redding

Artist, American, active c. 1865/1873

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

This is a drawing of a group of children at the seaside preparing for a clambake. The scene is set on a rocky beach where several young boys are depicted engaged in various activities. Two boys in the foreground are carrying a large pail together. In the center, another boy is resting against a large rock. A group of boys is gathered behind the rock, appearing to be stoking a fire, as smoke rises into the sky. In the background, there is a calm sea with sailboats on the horizon beneath a partly cloudy sky. The drawing captures a moment at the shoreline emphasizing teamwork and camaraderie among the children.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 × 35.56 cm (9 1/4 × 14 in.)
    sheet: 27.62 × 40.32 cm (10 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.3.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 107

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 112.

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.239.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.224.

Wikidata ID

Q65368674

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