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Image Not Available for Preparatory Drawing for the Wood Engraving "Watching the Crows"
Preparatory Drawing for the Wood Engraving "Watching the Crows"
Image Not Available for Preparatory Drawing for the Wood Engraving "Watching the Crows"

Preparatory Drawing for the Wood Engraving "Watching the Crows"

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1868
Medium/TechniqueGraphite and white chalk on dark brown wove paper; Verso: sketch of boy's head in graphite
DimensionsSheet: 19.7 x 10.5 cm (7 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineSource unidentified
Accession number97.886
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned in black chalk l.l.: "W.H"; l.r. "WH". Verso: partial sketch of boy in broad-brimmed hatProvenanceAcquired by MFA, 1887.