Looking over the Cliff

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Looking over the Cliff
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Artist/Makerafter Winslow Homer American, 1836 – 1910
Publisher Century Publishing and Engraving Co. American, late 19th-early 20th century
Datepublished 1883
MediumColor wood-engraving on paper
DimensionsComposition: 6 7/8 × 4 13/16 in. (17.5 × 12.2 cm) Sheet: 17 1/16 × 13 1/16 in. (43.3 × 33.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur S. Thompson, Class of 1940
Object number1997.11.6
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Provenance 1997: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Arthur S. Thompson.
Signature Signed "T. CoLe. Sc." in plate at lower left.
Inscribed "Looking over the Cliff." at lower left in typeset; "Copyright, 1883, by The Century Co." at lower right in typeset.
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