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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Winslow Homer

Deer in the Adirondacks

1889
watercolor on paper
35.5 x 50.7 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

KEY TOPICS:

• The piece depicts a typical hunting seen in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New

York State. A lone deer is making its way across a river with a hunting dog on the left side
of the painting alerting its owner to the escaping prey. In the background can be seen tree-

covered hills under a cloudy sky.

• This piece was painted at the beginning of a period of time during which Homer focused on

10
watercolors.

10 (Tedeschi)

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