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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Winslow Homer

Mr. Bufford must have been pleased, too, for soon afterward he signed me on as an

apprentice, with a two-year contract, to perfect my skill as an illustrator. This was not a paying job;

in fact, I had to pay him for the privilege of learning his craft. And it was very hard work–ten hours
a day. It soon began to feel to me like slavery. At the end of my agreed-upon two years, on my

twenty-first birthday, I declared my independence and left Bufford’s. What a relief! I swore then

that I’d never again call any man my master–and I never have, to this day!

Portrait of Arthur B. Homer, 1853

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