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Shepherdess, Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), Public domain

Shepherdess

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) · c. 1878 · charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite

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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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About this picture

Shepherdess is a CC0 drawing by Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), dated c. 1878. Charcoal with brush and brown wash, heightened with white chalk; framing lines in graphite. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“Shepherdess” (c. 1878) is observed weather, sea, or work. Homer started as an illustrator and later painted the water with very little idealizing.

About the artist

Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was an American painter of the sea, rural work, and the Civil War. He started as an illustrator and later painted the Maine coast in blunt, observed weather.

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