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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Winslow Homer

The Fox Hunt

1893
oil on canvas
96.5 x 174.0 cm
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

KEY TOPICS:

• The scene depicted is another hunting scene, though this time between animals. On a snowy
landscape, a lone fox fights his way through deep snow while two black crows hunt him

from the sky.

• In the background is a turbulent ocean with waves splashing up over rocks on the left side of

the picture plane.
• At 38 inches tall by 68-1/2 inches wide, this was Homer’s largest painting up to this point.
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• This piece was also painted in Prouts Neck, Maine and was based on an incident that he

witnessed.
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