post-Civil War | Periods | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Six sightseers look at the view from atop Mount Washington. In the foreground, a man rests on his elbow with his walking stick and two finely dressed women crouch(?) behind him, the woman closest to the foreground is smelling a bottle. In the left middle ground, another man sits holding his walking stick with two women behind him, one standing and one sitting (?). Below the group on the left is the Tip Top House, the hotel at the summit of Mount Washington. In the background, people on horse back.

Print, The Coolest Spot in New England-Summit of Mount Washington, from...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
1958-27-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Nine barefoot country boys play snap the whip. Seven boys are holding onto each other's hands while two boys have broken away on the left. On the right middle ground is a school house. On the left, children can be seen in the background.

Print, Snap the Whip, from Harper's Weekly, September 20, 1873, pp. 245-25, 1873
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-60

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
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Horizontal view of two men, Charles Lancashire and Rufus Wallace, in a canoe, with a rifle resting on the gunwales, checking traps on the Mink Pond in late summer or early fall. Man in stern holds paddle; man in bow holds a trap in which a weasel has been caught. Beaver Mountain rises at right in the background.

Print, Trapping in the Adirondacks, from Every Saturday, December 24, 1870,...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1938-65-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: Horizontal view of valley, bordered at back, at left and in the foreground by mountains.
Verso: Unfinished sketch.

Drawing, Hot Springs, Yellowstone, 1892
brush and light blue and red wash, graphite on gray wove paper.
Gift of Thomas Moran.
1917-17-47

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There are 3 images of this object.

Four women in foreground, drawn to beach by white flag announcing calm water, approach the steep wooden staircase that leads from the top of the high sand dunes known as the Bluff to the bathhouses on the wide beach below. Others descending steps to beach in middle distance.

Print, "On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour", August 6, 1870
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-30-5

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Three boys are seated on a tree trunk which has fallen over a stream. In the center, one boy is fishing, while another watches. The third boy, on the right, baits his line. Forest in background. Possibly located at Keene Valley in the Adirondacks. Information from Linda S. Ferber, Barbara Dayer Gallati, Marilyn S. Kushner, Winslow Homer: Illustrating America (New York, NY: George Braziller in association with Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2000), 63.

Print, Waiting for a Bite, from Harper's Weekly, August 22, 1874, p. 693,...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two men, Rufus Wallace and unknown companion, sit before a bark lean-to on the Mink Pond shore in front of smudge fire to keep the insects away. Fishing paraphernalia including a canoe and a string of three fish can be found in the right middle ground, while a dog can be seen in the left middle ground. Information from: Ferber, Linda S., Barbara Dayer Gallati and Marilyn S. Kushner, Winslow Homer: Illustrating America (New York, NY: George Braziller in association with Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2000), p. 131.

Print, Camping out in the Adirondack Mountains, from Harper's Weekly,...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-24

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of two groups of men and women setting out in two three-seated White Mountain wagons. In the right foreground, a kneeling gentleman holds a bottle of wine and a basket while two ladies stand by. This gentleman is believed to be a self portrait by Homer. A dog rests in the grass on the left.

[Above information taken from: David Tatham, Winslow Homer and the Pictorial Press (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2003), p. 44.

Print, The Picnic Excursion from Appleton's Journal, August 14, 1869, p. 624,...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper support: paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-50

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There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of a wicker trap containing a woman and man with military cap of the Northern United States at the time of the Civil War; his left coat is empty and pinned under his lapel. Beach is visible in the distance, and the ocean beyond.

Print, Our Watering Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport, August 26, 1865
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Artist with porkpie hat and mustache sits on a camp stool at a portable easel under a white umbrella. A knapsack in the right foreground is evidence of the overland trek required to reach such a remote site in the White Mountain wilderness. Well-dressed young lady watches artist at work.

Print, The Artist in the Country, from Appletons' Journal of Literature,...
wood engraving on white wove paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1938-47-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal scene showing, in the foreground, two small boys seated and husking corn with an open wagon filled with pumpkins in the background.

Print, The Last Days of Harvest, from Harper's Weekly, December 6, 1873, p....
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Nurses and children on the beach. In the left foreground, the toddler and infant's young mother appears to be saying goodbye to her children in order to join her "social set." The children are being left under the supervision of the nanny and maid. Information from Linda S. Ferber, Barbara Dayer Gallati and Marilyn S. Kushner, Winslow Homer: Illustrating America (New York, NY: George Braziller in association with the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2000), p. 102.

Print, On the Beach at Long Branch-The Children's Hour, from Harper's Weekly,...
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-22

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical view of an interior with a seated man writing in a large book on top of a table as a woman looks on while holding an ink bottle. At left cradle holding a baby rests on the floor and on the back wall a portrait of a man in mid-18th century costume hangs.

Print, The Family Record, August 28, 1875
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view at night showing the starboard side of the fore portion of a vessel and foremast. Four men, in nautical uniform, on bridge, and two skyrockets ascending.

Print, At Sea, - signalling a passing Steamer, 1871
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of three girls in bathing suits in the water, and an indication in the right distance of two more figures in the water.

Print, Bathing at Long Branch, "Oh, ain't it cold !", August 26, 1871
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a wooden foot-bridge leading over a stream and a group of people, all carrying pails, crossing it. A girl at the extreme right turns to look at the spectator. In the background a bell is ringing on the roof of a large house.

Print, The Morning Bell, from Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1873, p. 1116.,...
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Graphic Design, "The Nooning", August 1873

Graphic Design, "The Nooning", August 1873
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-30-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Graphic Design, "Art - Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris", January 11, 1868

Graphic Design, "Art - Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris",...
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-30-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

To left, at top, three men and one woman recline on grassy back, with trees in background. Stream at right, flowing over mill-dam in background past rocks in foreground where three young women are fishing.

Print, The Fishing Party, from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-43-2

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There are 2 images of this object.

Two women with mountain climbing sticks looking at the falls. In the mid center a man and woman climb the hill and in the background smaller groups of people can be seen along the edge of cliff under the falls.

Print, Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains, from Harper's Weekly, September...
wood engraving on off-white wove paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-18

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of rocky seacoast with boulders, with the figure of a woman in nightdress lying full length in the foreground, while beyond her, looking downward, is a man with a boathook, and in distance, at right, are a point of land with figures and foundered steamship.

Print, The Wreck of the "Atlantic" - Cast up by the Sea, April 26, 1873
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-3

This object was made by Cora E. Wilson.
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Upright page containing five scenes: At top is the interior of an observation room with a seated man in uniform looking through a telescope; at center below is a view of a circular staircase and a platform with a large bell; at lower left is a view of the whoe tower; and at lower right is a man ringing a bell and a fire engine going through a street during the night;

Print, Watch-tower, Corner of Spring and Varick Streets, New York, February...
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view showing in the foreground seven boys sitting in and on dories moored side by side, while in the background a number of sailboats in full sail coursing through harbor. Information from David Tatham's Winslow Homer and the Pictorial Press (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2003).

Print, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1873, p. 844,...
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal group of children at the shore's edge: three girls are seated in the foreground; beyond them is a seesaw with six boys; and sailboats are in background at right.

Print, Seesaw - Gloucester, Massachusetts, from Harper's Weekly, September...
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-16

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Two boys and two girls holding a blanket into which a third boy, in a tree, shakes down chestnuts. Hillside in background, with another group of children to the right gathering chestnuts.

Graphic Design, Chestnutting, September 29, 1870
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Edith Wetmore.
1936-30-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Two boys carrying a pail turn their heads away from the dead fish in the lower right, while a group of young boys on the beach build a fire. One prepares to steam or bake clams.

Print, Sea-Side Sketches-A Clam Bake, from Harper's Weekly, August 23, 1873,...
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-20

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There are 2 images of this object.

Four boys stealing eggs from sand swallows' nests. At top left, one boy is sitting on the bluff stealing eggs, while three boys climb the dune, one is pulling on an old shirt that the boys are using to collect eggs.

Print, Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?" from Harper's Weekly,...
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-31

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a man and woman in a row boat.

Print, All in the Gay and Golden Weather, Appleton's Journal, June 12, 1869,...
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-51

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of a coach and four, waving to three country children in a field with their berry pails.

Print, On the Road to Lake George, 1869
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-52

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Four young ladies playing croquet, sport. In the center, background, two ladies socialize. In the right foreground, a young lady appears to be looking at her nails on her right hand, while the girl on the left rests her foot on a croquet ball and looks at the girls in the background.

Print, Summer in the Country, from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science...
wood engraving on paper.
Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..
1947-4-63

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There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical view at left of the corner of a house with an open door showing portion of interior where a table is laid for a meal, at center of a woman with her back turned blowing trumpet, and in the distance beyond a well with sweep and a field with workers.

Print, The Dinner Horn, June 11, 1870
wood engraving printed in black ink on paper.
Gift of Cora Wilson.
1939-70-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view of with the figure of an unconscious woman supported by a seaman, at center, being pulled to shore by means of breeches buoy.

Print, Saved, 1889
etching on cream-colored paper.
1949-70-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal view with a ship under construction in the background and a group of five boys, with two holding models of sailboats and three boys with two baskets, in the background. One boy is gathering shells in a basket.

Print, Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor, from Harper's Weekly, October 11,...
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal scene at the shore’s edge with a woman carrying a child at right, a small boy perched on a rowboat toward the left, and sailing boats on the sea in the background.

Print, "Dad's Coming!", from Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1873, p. 969.,...
wood engraving in black ink on newsprint paper.
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson.
1951-93-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal view of an open field surrounded with apple trees. In foreground, man with a scythe, standing, and boy and girl seated with pail of water. In middle distance, man with a scythe, his back turned. Trees beyond.

Print, Making Hay, July 1872
printed from woodblock in black ink on paper.
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
1938-65-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.