A Voice from the Cliffs

Winslow Homer

1888 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Three fisher women, carrying nets and baskets, stand below seaside cliffs and pause to listen to joyful birdsong. The composition is based on a watercolor of 1883 (private collection), which was no longer in the artist's possession when he made the etching. Ultimately, Homer derived the composition from an oil ("Hark! The Lark!, 1882, Milwaukee Art Museum) made during a visit to England centered on the seaside village of Cullercoats, north of Tynemouth.

Artist

Winslow Homer

Date

1888

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Richard Cole, 1966