Trapping in the Adirondacks (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)
October 24, 1870
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (22.5 x 29.5 cm) Block: 9 1/8 x 12 1/16 in. (23.2 x 30.6 cm) Sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 1/2 in. (26.9 x 36.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.75.1(5)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Trapping in the Adondacks," a wood engraving published in *Every Saturday* magazine on October 24, 1870, captures the rugged allure of 19th-century American wilderness Designed by renowned artist Winslow Homer and engraved by John Parker Davis Fields, Osgood & Co., this print depicts men navigating boats amid the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York—a region increasingly romanticized as a haven for sportsmen and trappers after the Civil War. Homer, a master of Realism, often portrayed everyday laborers and nature's raw beauty, making this scene a vivid snapshot of frontier life. Wood eng...
About the Artist
Fields, Osgood & Co.|Winslow Homer|John Parker Davis (American|American) · 1830 |1836 –1930 |1910
Boston, Massachusetts|American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine