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Coast Scene, with Boats on the Beach


Coastal Scene with Boats, Women, and Children (Cullercoats Beach, Tynemouth)
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1881

Medium/Technique Watercolor over graphite pencil on cream wove paper
Dimensions Sheet: 23.2 x 35.6cm (9 1/8 x 14in.)
Credit Line Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.725
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

DescriptionCoastal Scene with Boats, Women, and Children; Three Women carrying children on their backs, Tynemouth, England (Cullercoats Beach)
InscriptionsL.r. signed and dated in black watercolor over previous initials (or signature) that have been rubbed out: "Winslow Homer 1881". Verso: miscellaneous notations: in broad graphite point, within an arrow shaped cartouche: 15; in brown ink, crossed out in graphite: 2, and other notes in graphite.
ProvenanceJohn T. Spaulding (1870-1948), Boston; bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.