"I Cannot! It Would Be a Sin! A Fearful Sin!" (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. VI)

Winslow Homer

September 1868 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

At the same time he created subjects related to everyday life and the Civil War for "Harper's Weekly," Homer drew images inspired by literary stories for "The Galaxy," a monthly magazine established in 1868. This example relates to "Beechdale" by Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes) who published under the penname Marion Harland.

Artist

Winslow Homer

Date

September 1868

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933