The Midnight Coast

Three young figures in caps and heavy coats haul a sled up a snowy slope under a moon-lit sky, with two more walking in the background past bare branches. The black-and-white wood engraving uses dense hatching to render snow, shadows and the night landscape.

Artist

Winslow Homer

Date

1867

Medium

wood engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2934 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum