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Source Description
Homer spent the summer of 1878 at Mountainsville, New York, where his brother's business partner, Lawson Valentine, had a country place called Houghton Farm. While there he developed pastoral images of shepherdesses. The flirtatious quality of these depictions becomes intriguing when we consider that Homer never married, and that he worked not only from female models but also sometimes from boys in girls' clothing.
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Document identity
localId
106413
label
Shepherdess
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obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
106413
contentType
drawing
title
Shepherdess
description
Homer spent the summer of 1878 at Mountainsville, New York, where his brother's business partner, Lawson Valentine, had a country place called Houghton Farm. While there he developed pastoral images of shepherdesses. The flirtatious quality of these depictions becomes intriguing when we consider that Homer never married, and that he worked not only from female models but also sometimes from boys in girls' clothing.
date
c. 1878
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79892963
creators
3143
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 41.8 x 25.8 cm (16 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Image: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
cul
America
accession
1924.489
Source extras
tec
charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite
tombstone
Shepherdess, c. 1878. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite; sheet: 41.8 x 25.8 cm (16 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); image: 41 x 24.1 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. J. A. Vincent, 1924.489
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) wove paper
collection
DR - American 19th Century
inscriptions
inscription
[falsely signed?], lower left, in graphite: HOMER / 1897 ; VERSO, center left, in black crayon : 62 [within a square]
citations
citation
Francis, Henry. "Recent Additions to the Collection of Homer." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 3 (March 1955): 51-54.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 54
creditline
Gift of Dr. J. A. Vincent
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2026-05-29 05:43:33.317000
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106413
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Drawings
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DR - American 19th Century
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charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite
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male
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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