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April Showers [bottom]

published 1859

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names

American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

Medium

wood engraving on newsprint
Credit Line

Avalon Fund
Dimensions

image: 14.9 x 23 cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 40.5 x 27.4 cm (15 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1986.31.15.b
Catalogue Raisonné

Foster 1936, no. 23
Series Title

From "Harper's Weekly", April 2, 1859, p.216

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March Winds [top]

American 19th Century

1859

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.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: HOMER; lower center: APRIL SHOWERS.

Wikidata ID

Q74072316

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