Scene in Union Square, New York, on a March Day

published 1860

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.1 x 17.2 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.7 x 28.5 cm (16 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.31.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 33

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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.95.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.78.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: HOMER; across bottom: SCENE IN UNION SQUARE,NEW YORK,ON A MARCH DAY. / Policeman. "Lost anything, Sir?" / Exasperated Old Party. "Don't you see that I 've lost my hat?" / Policeman. "Describe it."

Wikidata ID

Q74072419

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