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"Bo-Peep" (Girl with Shepherd's Crook Seated by a Tree)

(American, 1836–1910)
1878
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions17.8 x 21cm (7 x 8 1/4in.)
Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession number48.724
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated in pen and black ink l.r.: "Homer ‘78" Verso: various sketches (by Homer?) and miscellaneous notations.
ProvenanceJohn T. Spaulding (1870-1948), Boston; bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.