id:			172893
accession number:	1923.2489
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.2489
updated:		2025-09-09 11:31:26.757000

The Buccaneers, 1885. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor; sheet: 46.9 x 36.2 cm (18 7/16 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1923.2489

title:				The Buccaneers
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creation date:			1885
creation date earliest:		1885
creation date latest:		1885
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America
technique:	watercolor
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 46.9 x 36.2 cm (18 7/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	ll: Homer; lr: Winslow Homer / 1885
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		America Draws
	opening date:   1984-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>America Draws</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

	title:		Gallant Ships and Bully Boys
	opening date:   1986-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Gallant Ships and Bully Boys</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-August 3, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas B. Clarke, New York
	date: by 1893-1899
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	his auction, American Art Association, 14-18 Feb. 1899, lot 188
	date: 1899
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	E. D. Page
	date: 1899-
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	with Milch Galleries, New York
	date: ca. 1923
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	with Gage Gallery, Cleveland
	date: ca. 1923
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1923-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, Henry. "Recent Additions to the Collection of Homer." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 3 (March 1955): 51-54.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 54
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142026

	“A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 27-28, no. 89
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152465

	Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts.<em> Record of Works by Winslow Homer</em>. New York: Spanierman Gallery: Goodrich-Homer Art Education Project, 2005-2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 337, vol. IV.2, no. 1282
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IMAGES

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