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Bathing at Long Branch,--"Oh, Ain't It Cold"

Winslow Homer; W. H. Morse

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This full-page image accompanied an lengthy article on “Long Branch: The American Boulogne,” comparing the New Jersey resort to a famous French watering place. No doubt mindful of the appeal of young girls in bathing suits, Homer selected the following passage to illustrate:

A simultaneous rash and a plunge, and in an instant the triad have risen all dripping and breathless, and their peculiar cringing posture and the shrinking motion of the arms across the bosom, even without the stirring of their lips, suggest the familiar words “Oh! Isn’t it cold?”

Caption

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); W. H. Morse (American, active 1851–1879). Bathing at Long Branch,--"Oh, Ain't It Cold", 1871. Wood engraving, Image: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (23.2 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (27 x 36.5 cm) Frame: 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harvey Isbitts, 1998.105.170. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Bathing at Long Branch,--"Oh, Ain't It Cold"

Date

1871

Medium

Wood engraving

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (23.2 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (27 x 36.5 cm) Frame: 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Harvey Isbitts

Accession Number

1998.105.170

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Artists and makers

Winslow Homer

281 works in the collection

W. H. Morse

2 works in the collection