Eight Bells — Winslow Homer (1887)
10″ x 8″ (Horizontal)
$39.00
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Eight Bells — Winslow Homer (1887)
$39.00
"Eight bells" is the naval term marking the end of a four-hour watch at sea; Homer based this etching on his own oil painting of the same title, depicting two ship's officers taking a noon navigational reading with a sextant.
Winslow Homer, 1887 — The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Honest scale — sizes listed in inches — the original is 48.3 × 61.6 cm.
- Source recorded — public-domain master scan, printed on matte stretched canvas, 0.75″ deep. Made to order.