Description:
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Fifteen Wood Engravings from Harper's, 1870s. Including: A Winter-Morning- Shovelling Out; The Dinner Horn; The Nooning; Gathering Berries; Winter at Sea- Taking in Sail off the Coast; Dad's Coming!; Waiting for a Bite; Spring Blossoms; Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor; The Noon Recess; Flirting on the Sea-Shore and on the Meadow; Homeward-Bound; See-Saw, Gloucester, Massachusetts; Sea-Side Sketches, a Clam-Bake; and a cover from Appletons' Journal: The Artist in the Country; sizes vary, each matted. (15)
Estimate $300-400
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