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(Fishergirls, England)
A Fresh Breeze
(Fishergirls, England)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
about 1881
Medium/Technique
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.6 x 50.8 cm (14 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Ward and Louisa Hooper Thoron from their son
Accession Number1998.581
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsNo signature on recto or verso. On verso in pen and brown ink in Homer's hand: No 4 in an oval. In black chalk or graphite: Adams. On the reverse of the gold face mat: Plain Gold Mat Adams [?] % No 4.
ProvenanceDoll & Richards, Boston,1883; Dr. Robert W. Hooper, Boston, 1883; Marian Hooper Adams (Mrs Henry Adams), Washington, D.C., nd; Henry Adams, Washington, D.C., c. 1885; Brook Adams, Boston, his brother, by bequest,1918; Elizabeth Ogden Adams, Boston, his niece by gift, 1922; 1922 to Louisa Hooper Thoron (and husband, Ward Thoron); private collection; gift to MFA Dec. 31, 1998