DrawingsAmerican19th century

Meadow-Beauty

1860s-1870s

Artists

Henrietta Benson HomerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on heavy cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

38 x 27.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Henrietta Benson Homer, by descent; to Doris F. Homer (Mrs. Charles Lowell Homer).[Sally Turner Gallery, 1970], sold; to Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Boston, MA, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010

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