# Inside the Bar, in The 19th century

Winslow Homer painted this in 1883, aged 47. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A fisherwoman stands braced against the wind on the shore, while boats struggle to cross the sandbar beyond and storm clouds gather.

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## The work

- Date: 1883
- Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions: 16 x 29 in. (40.6 x 73.7 cm) Framed: 28 1/2 x 41 3/8 in. (72.4 x 105.1 cm)
- Type: Watercolor
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 54.183
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/winslow-homer), American, 1836–1910

Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life.

16 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/winslow-homer?hang=751) (16 works)
- [More Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism?hang=751) (41 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=751) (198 works)

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