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Winslow Homer — Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga
Winslow Homer

Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga

1865

Documenting the fashionable leisure activities of America's emerging upper class, this wood engraving showcases Homer's keen eye for social observation during the post-Civil War boom.

Medium
wood engraving

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Winslow Homer, Our Watering Places - Horse Racing at Saratoga, 1865

Documenting the fashionable leisure activities of America's emerging upper class, this wood engraving showcases Homer's keen eye for social observation during the post-Civil War boom.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1865
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Dynamic, Horse Racing, 19th Century, American, Wood Engraving, Social Commentary, Sports, Narrative, Leisure

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago