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Husking the Corn in New England

Series TitleHarper's Weekly, 13 November 1858
Artist After Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910)
Date1858
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 × 13 3/4 inches (23.8 × 34.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Allene Reese
Object number67-39/13
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DescriptionWood engraving on page 728 of Harper's Weekly, 13 November 1858. Within lantern-lighted barn, hay mow at left and right, beneath which stalls, scene of revelry and gaiety between the sexes, a few of whose members are husking corn.
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