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End of the Portage

Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor with graphite underdrawing on off-white, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
Dates: 1897
Dimensions: 14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.3 cm) Frame: 24 x 30 x 1 1/2 in. (61 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "HOMER '97"
Inscriptions: On verso: inscribed across whole sheet in black chalk (?), "Saguenay River / Grand Discharge / P. Q. Canada / Winslow Homer"; in center of sheet, in midst of larger inscription, in graphite, "E. L---- / C 23581 / 1 XX"; at top right in graphite, "45431" encircled.
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 78.151.1
Credit Line: Bequest of Helen Babbott Sanders
Image: Overall, 78.151.1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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