Additional Images:

Waiting for a Bite, from Harper's Weekly, August 22, 1874 (Primary Title)

after, Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910 (Artist)
Edward Lagarde, American, 19th century (Engraver)

Date:

1874

Culture:

American

Category:

Works On Paper
Prints

Medium:

wood engraving on newsprint

Collection:

American Art

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 × 15 13/16 in. (27.94 × 40.16 cm)
Image: 9 1/8 × 13 13/16 in. (23.18 × 35.08 cm)

Object Number:

47.25.29

Location:

Not on view

Additional Information

Signature:

Signed in block lower right: Lagarde Sc

Inscription:

Printed beneath image in center: WAITING FOR A BITE.-[Drawn by Winslow Homer.] Printed along left margin: August 22,1874.] HARPER'S WEEKLY 693. Letterpress text on verso.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. John G. Phillips, Jr.

Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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Waiting for a Bite, from Harper's Weekly, August 22, 1874 (Primary Title)

after, Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910 (Artist) Edward Lagarde, American, 19th century (Engraver)

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after, Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910 (Artist)
Edward Lagarde, American, 19th century (Engraver)