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During the first part of his career, Winslow Homer supported himself as an illustrator, but in the early 1870s he found that he could make a good living through the sale of his watercolors. His early watercolors, such as this one of boys on a beach at Gloucester, Massachusetts, show a tentative use of the technique and often have the effect of colored line drawings. Homer later combined the composition of this watercolor with other sketches to produce the illustration A Clam-Bake, which appeared in Harper's Weekly on August 23, 1873.
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Document identity
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124235
label
A Clam-Bake
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drawing
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1
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124235
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drawing
title
A Clam-Bake
description
During the first part of his career, Winslow Homer supported himself as an illustrator, but in the early 1870s he found that he could make a good living through the sale of his watercolors. His early watercolors, such as this one of boys on a beach at Gloucester, Massachusetts, show a tentative use of the technique and often have the effect of colored line drawings. Homer later combined the composition of this watercolor with other sketches to produce the illustration A Clam-Bake, which appeared in Harper's Weekly on August 23, 1873.
date
1873
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79901899
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3143
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 19.7 x 34.6 cm (7 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)
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America
accession
1945.229
Source extras
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watercolor, gouache, and graphite
tombstone
A Clam-Bake, 1873. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor, gouache, and graphite; sheet: 19.7 x 34.6 cm (7 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Homer H. Johnson, 1945.229
collection
DR - American 19th Century
inscriptions
inscription
signed, lower left, ing black ink: WINSLOW HOMER 1873
citations
citation
Burchfield, Louise. "Paintings by Winslow Homer." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>33, no. 9 (November 1946): 165-167.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 166; Reproduced: p. 171
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 187
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 231
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Homer H. Johnson
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2026-05-29 06:24:23.713000
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124235
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Drawings
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DR - American 19th Century
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watercolor, gouache, and graphite
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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