The Old Print Shop

Skating at Boston.

  • ARTIST: Winslow Homer

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Harper's Weekly, March 12, 1859.

  • MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

    DATE: March 12, 1859

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/4 x 13 3/4" (23 x 35 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: "The engraving on the preceding page is made from a sketch kindly sent to us by a correspondent residing at Boston. The Bostonians are better skaters, as a rule, than New Yorkers; living in a climate which enables them to enjoy the sport much oftener and longer than we do... ."

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  • CONDITION: Fair condition, stain within image.

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