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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Winslow Homer

The Turtle Pound

1898
watercolor over pencil
38.0 x 54.2 cm
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
(not on view)

KEY TOPICS:

• The scene comprises two young men swimming in ocean waters, one holding up a sea turtle

by its front fins to hand it over to the other man who is standing behind a wooden structure

which is part of a “pound” where the turtle will be kept. A sailboat can be seen in the far
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distance and the sky is filled with cumulus clouds.
• This was most likely painted in the Bahamas or Bermuda where Homer spent some time

during the last years of the 19 century and early 20 century.
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• Homer’s signature can be seen on the right side of the picture plane on the wooden
structure, partially obscured by water.

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