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George Blake's Letter

Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
Medium: Wood engraving
Dates: 1870
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm) Image: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 cm) Frame: 20 x 15 x 1 1/2 in. (50.8 x 38.1 x 3.8 cm)
Inscriptions: Lower left, below image: "Drawn by Winslow Homer."
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 1998.105.142
Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Isbitts
Image: Overall, 1998.105.142_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Illustration for Annie Edwards's "Susan Fielding," from The Galaxy, January 1870, vol. XI, p. 258, frontispiece

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