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Winslow Homer — Ever of Thee, I'm Fondly Dreaming - Sheet Music Cover
Winslow Homer

Ever of Thee, I'm Fondly Dreaming - Sheet Music Cover

1850

This lithographic sheet music cover by Winslow Homer features a romanticized portrait of a young woman in period dress, reflecting the sentimental popular music aesthetic of the nineteenth century. Homer's composition combines his characteristic attention to figure and costume with the decorative requirements of commercial music publishing, demonstrating the artist's versatility beyond his better known maritime and genre scenes. The work exemplifies how Homer engaged with various printmaking techniques to illustrate American cultural life of his era.

Medium
lithograph

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Winslow Homer, Ever of Thee, I'm Fondly Dreaming - Sheet Music Cover, 1850

This lithographic sheet music cover by Winslow Homer features a romanticized portrait of a young woman in period dress, reflecting the sentimental popular music aesthetic of the nineteenth century. Homer's composition combines his characteristic attention to figure and costume with the decorative requirements of commercial music publishing, demonstrating the artist's versatility beyond his better known maritime and genre scenes. The work exemplifies how Homer engaged with various printmaking techniques to illustrate American cultural life of his era.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1850
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Lithography, 19th Century, Nostalgic Mood, Sentimental aesthetic, American Artist, Commercial Design, Realism, Victorian era graphics, Sheet music cover, Romantic Sentiment

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago