The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty - [From a Painting by W. Homer, Esq.]

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

The painting career of the until then illustrator Winslow Homer began in 1859 when he moved from Boston to New York. He took easel painting lessons from the French-born landscape a...

The watercolour artist Helena de Kay (1847‒1916) occupied one of the studios in the Tenth Street Studio Building where Homer also began to work in 1871. The progressive-minded youn...

In December 1890Winslow Homer wrote to his brother Charles, “I have got a fine picture called The Distress Signal a scene in mid ocean.” The painter was referring to the work in th...