The Morning Walk--Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue, from Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1868
1868
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Accession Number
1996.63.67
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling streets of-Civil War America with Homer's *The Morning Walk--Young' School Promenading Avenue*, a vivid wood engraving published in *Harper's Weekly on March 28, 1868. This charming scene captures a group of schoolgirls strolling elegantly down a fashionable avenue, their crinolines swaying and parasols poised, evoking the refined social rituals of Victorian-era urban life. Homer, a of realistic American genre scenes, masterfully renders the everyday grace of these young women, highlighting their poise amid the city's energy. As a leading illustrator for *Harper's Weekl...
About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...