Study for "The Signal of Distress"
Cooper Hewitt

Study for "The Signal of Distress"

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910 · 1881

Graphite, brush and blue-green, brown, and yellow watercolor, gray wash, traces of black ink on white heavy wove watercolor paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Vertical view from bridge of ship, showing railing with benches and stormy sea beyond, as two men work in a lifeboat with ropes and pulleys, at center right.

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