Brooklyn Museum: American Art: George Blake's Letter

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George Blake's Letter

Susan has recently learned that her fiancé, Tom Collinson, is returning to claim her as his bride. Sadly, she reads a letter from her true love, George Blake, in which he entreats her for one final meeting before she marries. The novel ends happily, however, with Portia and Josselin married and wealthy, and Susan and George destined to be together because Collinson’s shady past is revealed. Of the five illustrations Homer produced for this novel, only this one approaches his work in oils in terms of its pictorial strength and depth of feeling, and indeed, it bears striking similarity to a number of his canvases depicting solitary women dating from the early 1870s.

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."
Collections: American Art
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

Collections: American Art: George Blake's Letter