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Girl on Swing

(American, 1836–1910)
1879
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and opaque white watercolor on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.0 x 31.9 cm (8 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick
Accession number68.574
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned and dated in graphite l.r.: "W.H. ‘79". Watermark: "Vu [-----]"
ProvenanceProbably Wm Butters & Co., Chicago, auction 7-10 Dec. 1879 ("Original Water Colors and Charcoal Sketches from Nature by Winslow Homer N.A.) to Mrs. Wirt Dexter; by descent to her daughter, Katharine Dexter McCormick (b. about 1875 - d. 1967), Santa Barbara, CA and Boston; 1968, bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)