The Picnic Excursion
Series TitleAppleton's Journal of Literature, Science, and Art, 14 August 1869
Artist After
Winslow Homer
(American, 1836 - 1910)
Date1869
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (16.51 × 23.34 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (19.69 × 26.67 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (19.69 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Donnelly
Object numberF90-24/9
Signedbl., l.l.c.: "H"
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DescriptionOn grass, front, lying dog, left, two standing women flank one kneeling man and picnic basket. Right, road center, with horse-drawn carts, right bearing two women, left, open, with six women and one driver on three benches facing left, standing man in front of nearer of two horses. Hills in background.
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Winslow Homer
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2000.4.15