Sketch of Figures in a Field, Graphite

A faint graphite sketch shows two or three figures at left, one leaning forward with an arm extended, beside a row of short upright stumps or posts across a bare field. A distant wagon or structure and a leafless tree appear at upper right, with a broken fragment in the lower right.

Artist

Winslow Homer

Date

ca. 1862

Medium

Graphite on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2240 × 1662 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum