"Dad's Coming!", from Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1873
1873
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Accession Number
1996.63.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
Winslow Homer's "Dad's Coming!", published in *Harper's Weekly* on November , 1873, captures a tender moment of anticipation on an American beach. As a renowned illustrator for the popular 19th-century magazine, Homer masterfully depicted everyday life through wood engravings, realism with emotional depth. This graphic arts print, now in the Smithsonian American Art's collection, shows a mother and child gazing seaward, likely waiting for a boat bringing their father home—perhaps a fisherman or sailor in the post-Civil War era when coastal communities thrived on maritime labor. Homer's work r...
About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...