The Signal of Distress
1891
Medium
photogravure in black on wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 443 x 696 mm (17 7/16 x 27 3/8 in.) Primary sheet: 509 x 750 mm (20 1/16 x 29 1/2 in.) Secondary sheet: 575 x 825 mm (22 5/8 x 32 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2563
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...