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Boy in Boat, Gloucester, 1880/81. Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper.
Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper · 23.2 × 34.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Boy in Boat, Gloucester
- Artist
- Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910
- Date
- 1880/81
- Medium
- Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 23.2 × 34.9 cm (9 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1836–1910
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




