Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - How Many Eggs

Winslow Homer

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - How Many Eggs, ca. 1874. Wood engraving on paper, Image: 13 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (34.3 x 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (40 x 27.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X757.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony - How Many Eggs

Date

ca. 1874

Medium

Wood engraving on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 13 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (34.3 x 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (40 x 27.3 cm)

Signatures

Signed in engraving inside of plate lower right "W.H"

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X757.3

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