The Life Line
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Caption
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). The Life Line, 1884. Etching in green ink with aquatint and drypoint on beige moderately thick moderately textured wove paper, Sheet: 17 1/2 x 23 in. (44.5 x 58.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 35.1062. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Artist
Title
The Life Line
Date
1884
Medium
Etching in green ink with aquatint and drypoint on beige moderately thick moderately textured wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 23 in. (44.5 x 58.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed in graphite below the platemark lower right: "Winslow Homer"
Inscriptions
Below image at center within platemark printed in green ink: "Copyright 1887 by C. Klackner 17 East 17th St. New York" At bottom left of image is printed: "HOMER 1884". At lower right edge within image is printed: "Copyright 1884 Winslow HOMER". Below image at bottom left corner is an "H" in graphite next to an "80" stamped in blue ink. On verso bottom left in graphite: "B 30821"
Credit Line
Carll H. de Silver Fund
Accession Number
35.1062
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