Gathering Berries
Winslow Homer
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In July 1874 Homer was working in East Hampton, Long Island, the probable setting of this image. As noted by the art historian Sarah Burns, the mood of this image is very similar to a poem written by Lucy Larcom in 1874:
Red lilies blaze out of the thicket
Wild roses blush here and there:
There’s sweetness in all the breezes,
There’s health in each breath of air.
Hark to the wind in the pine-trees!
Hark to the tinkling rill!
O, pleasant it is a-berrying
In the pastures on the hill!
Red lilies blaze out of the thicket
Wild roses blush here and there:
There’s sweetness in all the breezes,
There’s health in each breath of air.
Hark to the wind in the pine-trees!
Hark to the tinkling rill!
O, pleasant it is a-berrying
In the pastures on the hill!
Caption
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Gathering Berries, 1874. Wood engraving, Image: 9 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.2 x 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (27.6 x 40 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, 1998.105.189. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Gathering Berries
Date
1874
Medium
Wood engraving
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.2 x 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (27.6 x 40 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
1998.105.189
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