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Fisherman's Family (The Lookout)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1881
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.2 x 49.2 cm (13 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.726
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated in brown watercolor l.l.: "Winslow Homer 1881". Verso: miscellaneous notations.
Provenance1910, bequest of the artist to Charles Savage Homer, Jr., (b. 1834 - d. 1917), Townsend, MA; 1917, probably by descent to Martha Ellen French Homer (b. 1846 - d. 1937), Townsend, MA. 1920, with M. Knoedler & Co., New York. 1920, Dr. Thomas L. Bennett, New York. By 1932, John Taylor Spaulding (b. 1870 - d. 1948), Boston; 1948, bequest of Spaulding to the MFA (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)