A Snow Slide in the City
January 14, 1860
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
Accession Number
1958-27-4
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**A Snow Slide in the** *Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910), January 14, 1860* Step into a frosty moment of urban joy with Winslow Homer's *A Snow Slide in the*, created on January 14, 1860. This early, classified among figure studies, likely depicts city dwellers—perhaps children or revelers—gleefully sliding down a snow-covered hill amid the bustle of a winter metropolis. At just 24 years old, Homer was honing his skills as a freelance illustrator for magazines like *Harper's Weekly*, capturing the vibrancy of everyday American life just before the Civil War erupted. Homer's emerging ...