"Any Thing for Me, If You Please?" - Post Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission

published 1864

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a woman standing at a counter in an interior setting that appears to be a post office. She is positioned side-on, leaning with one hand on the counter and the other hand resting on top. Her facial features are delicately drawn with a prominent nose, and her hair is styled smoothly and tied back. She is wearing a long, dark, voluminous dress adorned with lace detailing at the wrists and collar. Beside her, another woman is seen from behind, reaching up to the wall; her hair is styled back similarly. A third woman is seated at a table in the background, engaged in writing, her hair in a similar style. A man wearing a uniform and hat stands behind the counter, interacting with the woman at the counter, and a well-dressed man in a top hat stands beside him. The setting includes a high-ceilinged room with a decorative curtain draped overhead and illustrations or notices pinned to the walls. The floor is wooden, and the space feels active, with several occupants engaged in various tasks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.7 x 23 cm (13 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 x 28.5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.31.83

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 72


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.146.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.130.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: HOMER; across bottom: "ANY THING FOR ME, IF YOU PLEASE?"-POST-OFFICE OF THE BROOKLYN FAIR IN AID OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION.-[See Page 158.]

Wikidata ID

Q74072702

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