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Homer created some of the most luminous and influential watercolors in the history of the medium. A Fisherman’s Daughter, painted in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is among a group of works that represent his first sustained use of the medium. Here, three girls sit on the shore of a sunlit beach and play with a lobster. Their downcast eyes suggest a solemn tranquility to their activity. The life of the local fishermen was perilous; they often spent weeks away from home and were sometimes lost at sea. Thus, waiting was a central part of life for Gloucester families. An overturned boat on the dunes behind the figures evokes the ominous form of a coffin.
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123437
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A Fisherman's Daughter
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drawing
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123437
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drawing
title
A Fisherman's Daughter
description
Homer created some of the most luminous and influential watercolors in the history of the medium. A Fisherman’s Daughter, painted in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is among a group of works that represent his first sustained use of the medium. Here, three girls sit on the shore of a sunlit beach and play with a lobster. Their downcast eyes suggest a solemn tranquility to their activity. The life of the local fishermen was perilous; they often spent weeks away from home and were sometimes lost at sea. Thus, waiting was a central part of life for Gloucester families. An overturned boat on the dunes behind the figures evokes the ominous form of a coffin.
date
1873
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79900647
creators
3143
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 24.2 x 32.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.)
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America
accession
1943.66
Source extras
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watercolor and gouache over graphite
tombstone
A Fisherman's Daughter, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor and gouache over graphite; sheet: 24.2 x 32.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.660
collection
DR - American 19th Century
inscriptions
inscription
Signed: "Winslow Homer" lower right
inscription
Remnants of signature, lower left: "W.H. June 1873"
citations
citation
Conrads, Margaret C., and Winslow Homer. <em>Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s</em>. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
fig. 59, p. 76
citation
Burchfield, Louise H. “An Early Water Color by Winslow Homer.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 31, no. 7 (September 1944): 141–142, 145. <br>Published as: <em>Girls with Lobster</em>
page_number
Mentioned: p. 141-142; Reproduced: p.145
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 165
citation
Glaubinger, Jane and Lemonedes, Heather. “Treasures on Paper: The Crème de la crème of the museum’s prints and drawings collection is now on view.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 54, no. 2 (March/April 2014): 6-9.
page_number
Reproduced: p.7 and Mentioned: p. 9
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:21:03.881000
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123437
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DR - American 19th Century
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watercolor and gouache over graphite
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male
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