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Under the Falls, the Grand Discharge

Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
Medium: Transparent watercolor over graphite with touches of opaque watercolor and gold leaf, and possibly brown ink, on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
Dates: 1895
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (32.7 x 50.5 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "Homer 1895 / Quaniniche Fishing"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 78.151.2
Credit Line: Bequest of Helen Babbott Sanders
Image: Overall, 78.151.2_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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