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An Afterglow

An Afterglow

(American, 1836–1910)
1883
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 38.0 x 54.7 cm (14 15/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William P. Blake in memory of his mother, Mary M. J. Dehon Blake
Accession number22.606
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated at left (on transom of boat) in black wash: "HOMER 1883" On verso: in pen and brown ink (probably in Homer's hand) No. 21 (outlined) Verso: miscellaneous notations.
ProvenanceDoll and Richards, Boston, 1883; Thomas Wigglesworth, Boston, 12/1883; Henry S. Grew; with Doll and Richards, Boston, 1900; William P. Blake, Boston, Feb, 1900;
Bequest of William P. Blake in memory of his mother, Mary M. J. Dehon Blake, 1922