The Signal of Distress
1891
Artist, American, 1836 - 1910
Publisher, American, 1850 - 1916
Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
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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.) -
Accession
2008.115.2563
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2012
Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and "The Life Line", Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012.
Bibliography
2012
Foster, Kathleen A. Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and The Life Line. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2012: 84-86, 113 nt. 265, repro.
Inscriptions
Inscribed: Copyright 1891, by C. Klackner, New York. in plate, upper left; signed: Winslow Homer in pencil, lower left.
Wikidata ID
Q76548965