Setting a Squirrel Trap

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Object Details

Artist

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Sketch of two boys and a girl climbing over rocks in a wood and advancing towards a squirrel trap.

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.

Date

ca. 1858

Accession Number

1912-12-268

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

nature studies

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Graphite, brush and watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions

21.2 x 29.2 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

made in

USA

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46f080c32-30e5-432a-aa47-07ff7c426225

Record ID

chndm_1912-12-268

Setting a Squirrel Trap

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