Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

published 1873

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image depicts a shipbuilding scene at Gloucester Harbor. In the foreground, four figures wearing hats are surrounded by tools, wood scraps, and baskets. A large ship is under construction in the background, supported by scaffolding and ladders, with figures on top working or supervising. The ground is littered with cut wood pieces, and planks and timber beams are scattered around. The scene conveys the industry and labor of shipbuilding, set against a possibly bustling harbor under a cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.4 x 34.6 cm (9 3/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28 x 40.6 cm (11 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.31.119

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1936, no. 110

  • Series Title

    From "Harper's Weekly", October 11, 1873, p.900

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 141, no. 75.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

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.

1995

  • Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 75.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: W.H.; lower center: SHIP-BUILDING, GLOUCESTER HARBOR.-Drawn by Winslow Homer.-[See Page 902.]

Wikidata ID

Q74072897

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