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Boy and Girl on a Hillside
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1878
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.7 x 28.7cm (8 15/16 x 11 5/16in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick
Accession Number68.568
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
DescriptionProbably painted in Mountainville, New York
InscriptionsSigned and dated in black watercolor l.r.: "HOMER 1878"
ProvenanceProbably Wm Butters & Co., Chicago, auction 7-10 Dec. 1879 ("Original Water Colors and Charcoal Sketches from Nature by Winslow Homer N.A.) to Mrs. Wirt Dexter; by descent to her daughter, Katharine Dexter McCormick (b. about 1875 - d. 1967), Santa Barbara, CA and Boston; 1968, bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)